Theme Installation Issue

[desertwalker1]

Hey all,

I'm trying to install the Flat Remix Darkest theme. I downloaded the version I want, extracted and moved to themes. However, it has not shown up as a theme option through Tweaks.

The website recommended this command: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme "Flat-Remix-GTK-Red"
However, that seems to be only for the default theme. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Here's the link for where I downloaded the theme from: https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1297351

Thanks in advance.

[dino99]

A related wikihow https://www.wikihow.com/Install-Themes-in-Ubuntu#
An ubuntu way https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu...cons-in-linux/
A gnome howto https://itsfoss.com/install-switch-themes-gnome-shell/

[ActionParsnip]

I'd say replace the thing in the quotes with:
"Flat-Remix-GTK-Red-Dark"
"Flat-Remix-GTK-Red-Darker"
"Flat-Remix-GTK-Red-Darkest"

Then replace "Red" with "Blue", "Green", "Yellow" and so on as you need..... Did you try this?

[Dennis N]

...extracted and moved to themes

You should extract the archived folder to ~/.themes, not ~/themes. Note that there is a period before 'themes'.
Then it will appear in Tweaks.

[desertwalker1]

A related wikihow https://www.wikihow.com/Install-Themes-in-Ubuntu#
An ubuntu way https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu...cons-in-linux/
A gnome howto https://itsfoss.com/install-switch-themes-gnome-shell/

Thanks for the links dino! I'll give them a look.

I'd say replace the thing in the quotes with:
"Flat-Remix-GTK-Red-Dark"
"Flat-Remix-GTK-Red-Darker"
"Flat-Remix-GTK-Red-Darkest"

Then replace "Red" with "Blue", "Green", "Yellow" and so on as you need..... Did you try this?

Thanks for the suggestion. I haven't tried this yet, no. I'll give it a shot.

You should extract the archived folder to ~/.themes, not ~/themes. Note that there is a period before 'themes'.
Then it will appear in Tweaks.

I actually moved it to usr/share/themes. There was no .themes folder in the hidden files. I understand that you can create it. I'm going to try that and check if it works. Thanks for the reply Dennis.

[desertwalker1]

No luck guys. I made the .themes and .icons folders. I installed the theme and icon versions, extracted them and moved the folders into their respective folders. I installed the user themes extension as well.

The theme/icon theme did not show up in Tweaks. I also tried using the terminal. However, the command just switched to the default flat remix theme. Adding 'Red-Darkest' and so on did not change anything.

[tea for one]

Which file did you download?

There may be sub-folders within a master folder.

The sub-folders (i.e. colour choices or light/dark options) should be installed in ~/.themes or /usr/share/themes.

[desertwalker1]

Which file did you download?

There may be sub-folders within a master folder.

The sub-folders (i.e. colour choices or light/dark options) should be installed in ~/.themes or /usr/share/themes.

Appreciate the reply.

I installed a sub folder first: Red-Darkest-NoBorder
I extracted and moved to usr/share/themes. No dice. Then I moved it to .themes in the Home directory. No change.

I've also tried installing the flat-remix-gtk-master zip file. Extracted and moved to .themes. No result so far unfortunately.

The User Themes extension in Tweaks is currently on. I've tried it with it off as well. Again, no change. The downloaded themes haven't shown up as an option in Gnome Tweaks and the terminal command only changes it to the one default theme despite adding -Darkest and -Darkest-NoBorder to the command.

[Dennis N]

Are you using Ubuntu 20.04?

To see if I would have the same problem, using Ubuntu 20.04, I downloaded the theme 07-Flat-Remix-GTK-Red-Darkest_20200718.tar.xz and extracted the theme folder to ~/.local/share/themes (~/.themes should work too). It appeared in Tweaks after I closed it and reopened. But to get the red folders as shown below, you will need to also download the red icon theme that's offered.

But then I found a problem with it: the music player Audacious doesn't theme properly with this theme, so it's a reject for me. But I hope it will work for you.

[tea for one]

I downloaded the file 09-Flat-Remix-GTK-Red-Darkest-NoBorder_20200718.tar.xz to Downloads.

Extract the file to the same location i.e. Downloads.

cd Downloads

sudo mv Flat-Remix-GTK-Red-Darkest-NoBorder/ /usr/share/themes

It then appears in gnome-tweaks under Appearance>Themes>Applications