Help with GTK in OpenBox!

[openBrandon]

ok im not sure if this is the right place for me to post this but i need some help getting gtk to work in openbox. i searched and i couldnt find anything. any help is appreciated.

openbrandon

[atomkarinca]

Open up a terminal and type:


sudo apt-get install gtk-chtheme

after installation is finished, you can change your GTK theme using it:


gtk-chtheme

[urukrama]

There are several options. See this (http://urukrama.wordpress.com/openbox-guide/#Gtkthemes) for more info.

[openBrandon]

thank you guys so much for the quick responses, is there any way i can get it to use the gtk at login?

[atomkarinca]

Openbox should have that line in autostart.sh. Just check the file /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart.sh and look for the line "gnome-session-properties".

[urukrama]

Openbox should have that line in autostart.sh. Just check the file /etc/xdg/openbox/autostart.sh and look for the line "gnome-session-properties".

Or if you don't want to use gnome-settings-daemon (so as not to mess up your gnome settings), specify the theme details in your ~/.gtkrc-2.0 file, as mentioned in the above linked to Openbox guide. Applications like gtk-chtheme or LXappearance should do this automatically when you set a theme with them.

[eriqjaffe]

FWIW, I think lxapperance is better than gtk-chtheme, since it has a preview and a couple of extra options.