How to install new GTK themes?

uberbdon · 2009-09-29 03:59:05

Openbox themes are pretty easy to install, but how would I install GTK themes? I searched the forums, didn't find anything

Thanks in advance!

Jstuck044 · 2009-09-29 04:40:55

If you open up synaptic and search for gtk engines, synaptic will list some gtk engines which include corresponding themes that you can install....
If you have themes that you downloaded off of gtk-look or gnome-look.org or whatever site that hosts gtk themes, you can just decompress the archives and drop the resulting folder into /home/Yourname/.themes/

Last edited by Jstuck044 (2009-09-29 04:41:24)

aim · 2009-09-29 05:08:10

I think what you're looking for is lxappearance

sudo apt-get install lxappearance

uberbdon · 2009-09-29 05:46:03

aim wrote:

I think what you're looking for is lxappearance
sudo apt-get install lxappearance

I have lxappearance. What I'm wanting to know is how to install themes once I've downloaded them and which once I need to download. Sorry if my question wasn't very clear smile

Hanna · 2009-09-29 05:50:25

You can extract the theme folders straight in ~/.themes (it's a same place where are the openbox themes).

leonardnemoi · 2009-11-01 08:41:27

I have a bunch of directories in /usr/share/themes and ~/.themes. Each of those directories has a gtk-2.0/ subdirectory, which contains a gtkrc file. How do I know which gtkrc the system is currently using?

pvsage · 2009-11-01 15:11:51

Go to Preferences >> User Interface Settings. The theme you're currently using is highlighted in the left pane.

bokiscout · 2014-04-12 19:53:15

Lets bring back this thread from the death (joke).

I'm new to crunchbang and in linux in general, so i have a truble installing a deferent themes.

I am running (in virtual machine) default crunchbang setup, with openbox, lxpanel etc etc all default.

1. First i tryd to instal elementary theme for open box link: http://grvrulz.deviantart.com/art/eleme … -253002995
- Theme was visible only in rightclick/Settings/Openbox/GUI Config Tool
- Only title bar and right click menu were changed

2. Tried Moka link: http://box-look.org/content/show.php/Mo … ent=111984
- Theme is visible in rightclick/Settings/Openbox/GUI Config Tool and rightclick/Setting/User Interface Settings (lxpanel)
- There was changes in title bar, right click menu and applications inteface but not completly acurate
- Vlc aperiance good but the settings menu looks like windows 95, OpenOffice is the same, menu items is wired.
- Transimison have only title bar changed everything else is windows 95 style

Aperently I am doing something wrong so I'need a but of help how to make themes look exacly like they should.

damo · 2014-04-12 21:00:59

AFAICS the elementary theme you said you installed is an Openbox theme, not a gtk theme, so it will only change the window decorations and menu.

Some gtk3 themes don't play nice due to problems with versions, in which case they will default to the ugly appearance you saw. You will have to choose a different one or hack at the code yourself. Any application that uses gtk3 will have that issue.

You can install themes into ~/.themes (create it if it doesn't exist). Restart obconf or lxappearance to get them to show up. Reconfigure/restart openbox or log out/in to get them to run.

bokiscout · 2014-04-13 13:45:39

damo wrote:

AFAICS the elementary theme you said you installed is an Openbox theme, not a gtk theme, so it will only change the window decorations and menu.
Some gtk3 themes don't play nice due to problems with versions, in which case they will default to the ugly appearance you saw. You will have to choose a different one or hack at the code yourself. Any application that uses gtk3 will have that issue.
You can install themes into ~/.themes (create it if it doesn't exist). Restart obconf or lxappearance to get them to show up. Reconfigure/restart openbox or log out/in to get them to run.

Well thank you for pointing out that apps can use a GTK themes and Openbox themes only change the titlebar and menu not inside applications apperiance.

By knowing this i came out for a simple solution, use two themes. GTK theme for in application apperiance and openbox theme for title bar and menu apperiance. The first one (GTK) themes are being changed by lxpanel, opebox themes by OB GUI Config Tools.

But what do you mean by hack the code yourself?

Okey i know what you mean but i don't know how to search internet for tutorials in doing it. Any link with tutorial or examples will be appreciated.

I am asking becouse some GTK themes don't have equivalent OB theme so i gues this is the only solution fot them to work properly.

Last edited by bokiscout (2014-04-13 13:46:06)

damo · 2014-04-13 15:33:58

Some themes are packages which include gtk2, gtk3 and openbox, so there is uniformity for windows and applications.

The openbox window manager manages the window decorations, so you need an openbox theme for that.

Application widgets are displayed inside a window manager window, and could use gtk2 or gtk3 for displaying (there are other rendering libraries as well though), so you need themes for them. If your theme doesn't work then the application will use the ugly defaults you have seen.

When gtk3 updates come out, not all applications will be updated by the maintainers. If you can find out what the problem is you can alter the code yourself. Look in /usr/share/themes for the files which a theme uses.

Many of us just choose openbox and gtk themes which match, or are to our personal preference - they don't have to come in the same package

Last edited by damo (2014-04-13 15:35:11)

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How to install new GTK themes?

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