how can i get themes to work?

girtart3d · 01-23-2008, 11:59 AM

im using xubuntu . so i cant find any 'theme managers' so how do i install themes/icons? i tried extracting them to a .themes folder but there isnt one. so i created one. and nothing happened when i extracted a theme to it. its just a file there. how do i apply it. or is there some other way to do it?

elliott678 · 01-23-2008, 12:06 PM

When you properly extract GTK or xfwm4 themes to ~/.themes they should show up in "User Interface Settings" for GTK themes, and "Window Manager Settings" for xfwm4 themes. Icon themes should be put in ~/.icons and they will show up in the "Icon Theme" tab in "User Interface Settings".

girtart3d · 01-23-2008, 12:16 PM

no they dont show up there.

elliott678 · 01-23-2008, 12:26 PM

Are you sure you have the right type of theme? Are you sure you extracted it right?

girtart3d · 01-23-2008, 12:37 PM

i dont know.in the archive manager thing i clicked extract to- and then the themes folder. but when i go there its just a folder in the .themes folder.

girtart3d · 01-23-2008, 12:50 PM

um ok. i got the themes to work. but i still cant get icons to work.

elliott678 · 01-23-2008, 12:52 PM

Is it a true icon theme, or just a package of icons?

girtart3d · 01-23-2008, 12:59 PM

i think its just a package of icons.

elliott678 · 01-23-2008, 01:01 PM

Then you would have to change your icons manually, panel icons would be easy(right click -> properties), dunno about desktop icons and such.