how to install themes for KDE 3.1?

alexii86 · 10-09-2003, 01:20 AM

i download from this site
http://themes.freshmeat.net/browse/957/?topic_id=957
and i dont know how to install them,in the wizard they asked about
*.theme file,and i dont have it with the theme

how can i install it...

tnx,
alex n.

sandy · 10-09-2003, 03:05 AM

the .theme file is inside the tar.gz file that you downloaded. Just untar it using tar -xvzf xxx.tar.gz . Then you'll find the .theme file..
Also an easier method will be open the directory containing the tar.gz file in konqueror. Open the theme menu and just drag n drop the tarball into it.. KDE will untar

talon105 · 10-09-2003, 07:54 AM

tar if Linux zip, this is a must-know

alexii86 · 10-09-2003, 11:52 AM

the file wasn't there...try to download one and see..
its not there,they said you need to compile it or something...

i don't anderstand much

Celorfin · 10-09-2003, 01:27 PM

I just downloaded the Plastic theme from kde-look.org. After uncompress it, I ran configure that came with it but it said that there was a configuration error. "Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths!".

How am I supposed to fix that?

sandy · 10-09-2003, 03:45 PM

you have to install development libraries for X also to compile..
Get an rpm for Xfree86-devel and install it..

Celorfin · 10-10-2003, 08:42 PM

I managed to run the configure without problems and it said I can start make now. How do I do that?

I'm using Debian stable by the way.