Newly installed apps in KDE not using same look and feel

Annorax · 2012-01-17 19:38:59

I have installed ArchLinux with the latest KDE setup and everything works well, except new programs I install via pacman (Firefox, Filezilla). Below is a screenshot. The menus and buttons look raised and not going with the KDE look and feel. Apps that come with KDE (Konsole, Dolphin) appear fine. Does anyone know what might be wrong here?

I've used Kubunutu with Firefox and this doesn't happen, so maybe I am missing some package?

matse · 2012-01-17 19:47:40

That's because firefox is a gtk app and kde is using qt toolkit. Have a loot at the Wiki, there it is described how to make them look more or less the same.

btw. here is also a nice firefox theme that fits well together with kde.

Last edited by matse (2012-01-17 19:51:19)

Annorax · 2012-01-17 20:01:06

Thanks for the prompt reply. That Firefox theme is really nice!

To get other apps like Filezilla to all look the same, I see I need to install a new theme to make GTK apps look uniform in KDE. I am trying to install the "oxygen-molecule-theme" in pacman but it's saying it's not found. I see it here: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=26138. Am I doing something wrong when installing it?

stefanwilkens · 2012-01-17 20:08:01

pacman can't install from the AUR directly, it only installs from the official repositories which hold precompiled packages.

The AUR is a collection of packages provided by the arch linux user community, installing from the AUR involves compiling the package manually. Once compiled, you can install and remove the package with pacman.

You can learn about all of this here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR

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I also want to note that it is strongly advised to understand and be able to use the AUR manually before you start using AUR helpers like yaourt and friends.

Last edited by stefanwilkens (2012-01-17 20:24:00)

matse · 2012-01-17 20:08:46

You try to install an AUR package via pacman, that is not working, of course. I recoomend you to read the AUR Wiki entry. For comfortable installing AUR packages you might want to use an AUR helper like yaourt.

Annorax · 2012-01-18 15:24:27

Thanks guys for the replies. I am going to learn AUR the "hard" way first before going through a helper. I've successfully installed this package and things look good.

Shark · 2012-01-18 15:34:07

You can install oxygen-gtk2 and oxygen-gtk3 theme from official repositories. I use it and it works fine.

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#1 2012-01-17 19:38:59

Newly installed apps in KDE not using same look and feel

#2 2012-01-17 19:47:40

Re: Newly installed apps in KDE not using same look and feel

#3 2012-01-17 20:01:06

Re: Newly installed apps in KDE not using same look and feel

#4 2012-01-17 20:08:01

Re: Newly installed apps in KDE not using same look and feel

#5 2012-01-17 20:08:46

Re: Newly installed apps in KDE not using same look and feel

#6 2012-01-18 15:24:27

Re: Newly installed apps in KDE not using same look and feel

#7 2012-01-18 15:34:07

Re: Newly installed apps in KDE not using same look and feel

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