dont bash me for this ;-)- icon problem

liljhand · 01-30-2005, 10:29 AM

ok i ve got lots of icon sets in zip files and i dunno how to install them. help meee

ganja_guru · 01-30-2005, 11:56 AM

kde-control centre - icons - install new icon theme- select the zip file

sometimes, the icon sets may have a 'buildset' file in them...extract that file and do a './buildset'.......follow instructions and at the end of it all a new compressed archive should be created...then select that file thru the process described above

(remember, unless there is a buildset in the archive there is no need to extract it...just select the zip file itself when installing the new theme)

reddazz · 01-30-2005, 12:03 PM

sometimes it's a matter of copying and pasting into /usr/share/icons /usr/share/icons or .kde/share/icons if they are not automatically installed by KDE.

liljhand · 01-30-2005, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ganja_guru
kde-control centre - icons - install new icon theme- select the zip file

sometimes, the icon sets may have a 'buildset' file in them...extract that file and do a './buildset'.......follow instructions and at the end of it all a new compressed archive should be created...then select that file thru the process described above

(remember, unless there is a buildset in the archive there is no need to extract it...just select the zip file itself when installing the new theme)

i tried it but it says:
The file is not a valid icon theme archive!

so it doesnt install zip files

also i have 3 zip files for 1 theme how do i get them to work together

liljhand · 01-30-2005, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by reddazz
sometimes it's a matter of copying and pasting into /usr/share/icons /usr/share/icons or .kde/share/icons if they are not automatically installed by KDE.

i tried doing it but it says:
Access denied to /usr/share/icons/NIX_Xi

how do i do without having to go into the root account i mean how can i work as root from my own account?? coz i dunno how to do that

ganja_guru · 01-30-2005, 01:52 PM

simple:

$ su

and then enter your root password

reddazz · 01-30-2005, 01:52 PM

You have to install as root if you are installing anything other than in your /home directory, You extract the zip file as a normal user, then do
$su
$cp icons.png /usr/shar/icons/.

liljhand · 01-30-2005, 05:35 PM

cant i do it without the console. i mean actually working as root in my own account?? isnt that possible. well i extracted the icons in /usr/share/icons and .kde/share/icons but they dont show up in kde control panel

liljhand · 02-01-2005, 01:34 PM

plzz can any1 help me. i cant use the icons that i like?!! its this theme