theme changing...

leeAngry · 2011-05-10 07:31:08

ok this is rediculous... i'm following all the steps but my damn themes will not show up in lxappearance.. i'm on arch w/ openbox as WM. i'm putting the .tar.gz/gz2 in ~/.themes, then extracting them. i've done this as user, didnt work.. then done as root, didnt work.. i'm looking on the internet but i'm not finding too much.. alot of people just say to install to that folder and it fixes the prob.. well.. not for me.. i cant install using lxappearance either.. i can't see the files and if i can i just navigate throght the folders = theres no install files for me to select.. what am i suppose to do?

sneaksie · 2011-05-10 07:50:41

Usually, I untar the file in my home directory and then move the theme directory (as root or with sudo) to the /usr/share/themes/

Are you trying to install a gtk3 theme? I'm not sure if lxappearance already can handle these.

leeAngry · 2011-05-10 08:04:49

just looked and looks like its a gtk 2.0

i do have it in the /usr/share/themes folder tho.. and still nothing... switching back and forth to lxappearance and obconf.

Stebalien · 2011-05-10 13:11:53

What is the output of "tree ~/.themes".

sneaksie · 2011-05-11 11:39:05

Is in the theme-folder a folder named "gtk-2.0"? Then lxappearance should recognize is, if it's in /usr/share/themes

If it has a gtk-3.0 folder, just make a link to your ~/.config/

ln -s /path/to/theme/Adwaita/gtk-3.0 ~/.config/

leeAngry · 2011-05-19 02:30:33

Stebalien wrote:

What is the output of "tree ~/.themes".

[hyper@haven ~]$ tree ~/.themes
bash: tree: command not found
[hyper@haven ~]$

Sorry.. i got sent to a job across the state and have been working my ass off 10-11 hours a day.. ok so this is the output.. ???

leeAngry · 2011-05-19 02:37:24

sneaksie wrote:

Is in the theme-folder a folder named "gtk-2.0"? Then lxappearance should recognize is, if it's in /usr/share/themes
If it has a gtk-3.0 folder, just make a link to your ~/.config/
ln -s /path/to/theme/Adwaita/gtk-3.0 ~/.config/

Negative.. neither gtk-2.0 or 3.0 folder in /usr/share/themes

*sigh

anonymous_user · 2011-05-19 02:41:09

leeAngry wrote:

Stebalien wrote:
What is the output of "tree ~/.themes".

[hyper@haven ~]$ tree ~/.themes
bash: tree: command not found
[hyper@haven ~]$
Sorry.. i got sent to a job across the state and have been working my ass off 10-11 hours a day.. ok so this is the output.. ???

Install tree and try again.

sudo pacman -S tree

Also could you give examples of gtk themes you are trying to install?

sneaksie · 2011-05-19 20:00:35

leeAngry wrote:

sneaksie wrote:
Is in the theme-folder a folder named "gtk-2.0"? Then lxappearance should recognize is, if it's in /usr/share/themes
If it has a gtk-3.0 folder, just make a link to your ~/.config/
ln -s /path/to/theme/Adwaita/gtk-3.0 ~/.config/

Negative.. neither gtk-2.0 or 3.0 folder in /usr/share/themes
*sigh

At least one of the folders must be in /usr/share/themes/themename/ otherwise it's not a proper gtk-theme.

Here is what I usually do:

1. Download the theme to my ~/Downloads
2. untar it with tar xvf theme.tar,gz
3. move the themefolder to /usr/share/themes: sudo mv theme/ /usr/share/themes/

Alternatively, you can look for the theme in aur

leeAngry · 2011-06-23 18:08:31

i'm back finally!!

[hyper@haven ~]$ tree ~/.themes
/home/hyper/.themes
├── Concrete
│   ├── cpumesh.jpg
│   ├── gtk-2.0
│   │   ├── Arrows
│   │   │   ├── arrow-down-insensitive.png
│   │   │   ├── arrow-down.png
│   │   │   ├── arrow-down-prelight.png
│   │   │   ├── arrow-left-insensitive.png
│   │   │   ├── arrow-left.png
│   │   │   ├── arrow-left-prelight.png
│   │   │   ├── arrow-right-insensitive.png
│   │   │   ├── arrow-right.png
│   │   │   ├── arrow-right-prelight.png
│   │   │   ├── arrow-up-insensitive.png
│   │   │   ├── arrow-up.png
│   │   │   ├── arrow-up-prelight.png
│   │   │   ├── spin-arrow-down1.png
│   │   │   ├── spin-arrow-down.png
│   │   │   ├── spin-arrow-up1.png
│   │   │   └── spin-arrow-up.png
│   │   ├── Buttons
│   │   │   ├── button-default.png
│   │   │   ├── button-insensitive.png
│   │   │   ├── button-normal.png
│   │   │   ├── button-prelight.png
│   │   │   └── button-pressed.png
│   │   ├── gtkrc
│   │   ├── Lines
│   │   │   ├── line-h.png
│   │   │   └── line-v.png
│   │   ├── Listheaders
│   │   │   ├── focus.png
│   │   │   ├── list-header-active.png
│   │   │   ├── list-header.png
│   │   │   ├── list-header-prelight.png
│   │   │   ├── treeitem3.png
│   │   │   └── treeitem.png
│   │   ├── Menu
│   │   │   ├── blank.png
│   │   │   ├── handlebox1.png
│   │   │   ├── handlebox-horiz.png
│   │   │   ├── handlebox-vert.png
│   │   │   ├── menubar1.png
│   │   │   ├── menubar.png
│   │   │   ├── menuitem.png
│   │   │   ├── menu.png
│   │   │   ├── plain_background.png
│   │   │   ├── statusgrip.png
│   │   │   ├── toolbar1.png
│   │   │   ├── toolbar.png
│   │   │   ├── toolbutton-normal.png
│   │   │   ├── toolbutton-prelight.png
│   │   │   └── toolbutton-pressed.png
│   │   ├── Others
│   │   │   ├── checked_box.png
│   │   │   ├── focus.png
│   │   │   ├── menu_hi-light_2.png
│   │   │   ├── null.png
│   │   │   ├── option_in_2.png
│   │   │   ├── option_out_2.png
│   │   │   ├── ruler.png
│   │   │   ├── tooltip-bg.png
│   │   │   ├── transparent.png
│   │   │   └── unchecked_box.png
│   │   ├── Panel
│   │   │   ├── panel-bg.png
│   │   │   ├── panel-button-active.png
│   │   │   ├── panel-button-normal.png
│   │   │   └── panel-button-prelight.png
│   │   ├── ProgressBar
│   │   │   ├── progressbar-horiz1.png
│   │   │   ├── progressbar-horiz.png
│   │   │   ├── progressbar-vert.png
│   │   │   ├── trough-progressbar-horiz.png
│   │   │   └── trough-progressbar-vert.png
│   │   ├── Range
│   │   │   ├── slider-horiz.png
│   │   │   ├── slider-horiz-prelight.png
│   │   │   ├── slider-vert.png
│   │   │   ├── slider-vert-prelight.png
│   │   │   ├── trough-horizontal.png
│   │   │   └── trough-vertical.png
│   │   ├── Scrollbars
│   │   │   ├── grip-horiz.png
│   │   │   ├── grip-horiz-prelight.png
│   │   │   ├── grip-vert.png
│   │   │   ├── grip-vert-prelight.png
│   │   │   ├── slider-horiz.png
│   │   │   ├── slider-horiz-prelight.png
│   │   │   ├── slider-vert.png
│   │   │   ├── slider-vert-prelight.png
│   │   │   ├── trough-scrollbar-horiz.png
│   │   │   └── trough-scrollbar-vert.png
│   │   ├── Shadows
│   │   │   ├── shadow-etched-in.png
│   │   │   ├── shadow-etched-out.png
│   │   │   ├── shadow-in.png
│   │   │   ├── shadow-out.png
│   │   │   ├── text-entry-focus.png
│   │   │   ├── text-entry.png
│   │   │   └── window-bg.png
│   │   └── Tabs
│   │    ├── gap-bottom.png
│   │    ├── gap-left.png
│   │    ├── gap-right.png
│   │    ├── gap-top.png
│   │    ├── notebook2.png
│   │    ├── notebook.png
│   │    ├── null.png
│   │    ├── tab-bottom-active.png
│   │    ├── tab-bottom.png
│   │    ├── tab-left-active.png
│   │    ├── tab-left.png
│   │    ├── tab-right-active.png
│   │    ├── tab-right.png
│   │    ├── tab-top-active1.png
│   │    ├── tab-top-active.png
│   │    └── tab-top.png
│   ├── index.theme
│   └── openbox-3
│    ├── bullet.xbm
│    ├── close.xbm
│    ├── iconify.xbm
│    ├── max.xbm
│    ├── shade.xbm
│    └── themerc
├── Interlace Blue Pack
│   ├── Details.txt
│   ├── Interlace Blue [error opening dir]
│   ├── Screenshot.png
│   ├── tint2rc
│   └── Wallpapers
│    ├── Interlaced Blue - 1.png
│    └── Interlaced Blue - 2.png
├── Interlace Blue Pack.zip
├── theme-092409
│   ├── background.png
│   ├── background.xcf
│   ├── cal.conkyrc
│   ├── cal.py
│   ├── system.conkyrc
│   └── tint2rc
└── theme-092409.tar.gz

19 directories, 124 files
[hyper@haven ~]$

Stebalien · 2011-06-23 18:14:45

Please use code tags. Concrete has the correct directory structure so you installed it correctly.

Arch Linux

#1 2011-05-10 07:31:08

theme changing...

#2 2011-05-10 07:50:41

Re: theme changing...

#3 2011-05-10 08:04:49

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#4 2011-05-10 13:11:53

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#5 2011-05-11 11:39:05

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#6 2011-05-19 02:30:33

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#7 2011-05-19 02:37:24

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#8 2011-05-19 02:41:09

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#9 2011-05-19 20:00:35

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#10 2011-06-23 18:08:31

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#11 2011-06-23 18:14:45

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