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AN28 08-05-2013 06:14 AM
Installing Icons - XCFE
 
Hi,

I have compiled xfce from source code and need to install icons on it.

I downloaded the Compass file and have extracted it in /usr/share/icons but the icons do not seem to change accordingly.

What should i do ?

goumba 08-05-2013 07:34 AM
Did you extract the icon package to its own subdirectory under /usr/share/icons? In other words, all icons files should be in /usr/share/icons/compass or the like. No subdirectories of the icon directory.

Did you select the icons in the "Appearance" program (Settings -> Appearance)?

Can you provide a link to the file?

Also, consider extracting it to ~/.icons, unless you want that set available to all users.

AN28 08-06-2013 01:10 AM
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Did you extract the icon package to its own subdirectory under /usr/share/icons? In other words, all icons files should be in /usr/share/icons/compass or the like. No subdirectories of the icon directory.
all icon packages are in /usr/share/icons/compass

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Did you select the icons in the "Appearance" program (Settings -> Appearance)?
yes i selected icons in the "Appearance" program.

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Can you provide a link to the file?
Here is the link to the place from where i downloaded the package. http://xfce-look.org/content/show.ph...content=154497

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Also, consider extracting it to ~/.icons, unless you want that set available to all users.
I want it set to all available users.

Captain Pinkeye 08-06-2013 02:11 AM
It works here, on 12.04 Xubu.

Make sure the path is '/usr/share/Compass' and not '/usr/share/compass/Compass'. I used atool for unpacking and it created the latter.
Make sure the access rights are set properly, i had rwx------ on compass.

AN28 08-06-2013 03:27 AM
still no luck I changed the file permissions too and the path is correct

goumba 08-06-2013 08:22 AM
I just tried it, it worked for me as well, Debian Wheezy.

Code:
anthony@serenity:/usr/share/icons$ ls -l /usr/share/icons/Compass/
total 80
drwxrwxr-x 8 anthony anthony  160 Jul 23 23:01 actions
drwxrwxr-x 3 anthony anthony    60 Jul 20 00:33 apps
drwxrwxr-x 3 anthony anthony    60 Jul 20 00:33 categories
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 17711 Apr 29 10:00 COPYING
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony  383 Jul 22 22:48 CREDITS
drwxrwxr-x 3 anthony anthony    60 Jul 20 00:33 devices
drwxrwxr-x 3 anthony anthony    60 Jul 20 00:33 emblems
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony 48124 Jul 29 06:35 icon-theme.cache
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony  1246 Jul 23 22:49 index.theme
-rw-r--r-- 1 anthony anthony  1147 Jul 23 21:56 index.theme~
drwxrwxr-x 3 anthony anthony    60 Jul 20 00:33 mimetypes
drwxrwxr-x 3 anthony anthony    60 Jul 20 00:33 places
drwxrwxr-x 3 anthony anthony    60 Jul 20 00:33 status
Oops, looks like someone didn't clean up their backups before making the archive. :D

jdackle 08-30-2013 08:08 AM
This is probably a silly guess of mine but:
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Originally Posted by AN28 (Post 5003818)
all icon packages are in /usr/share/icons/compass
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Originally Posted by Captain Pinkeye (Post 5003850)
Make sure the path is '/usr/share/Compass'
Your foldername is not capitalized ("compass") whereas Captain Pinkeye's is ("Compass"). It does make a difference.


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