How To Install Themes

Lets take a look at how we can change our theme in Ubuntu:

When we change a theme we change a few things in our Ubuntu environment. These changes will include how a folder is displayed on our desktop, application icons, window borders, and so on. There are a couple of different ways we can do this. First we can use the themes that already come installed in Ubuntu. There are not many choices, but we an still make a few changes that will effect the look of the OS. To change these themes will will have to open up our system menu and then preferences and choose themes located near the bottom. Once we have themes opened we are given a few choices. Just click on the theme you are interested in and it will show the changes that will be made. One can also create a custom theme in which you can choose to combine folder looks, application icons, border windows, and also highlighted colors. If you want a larger variety of themes to choose from there is a great sight called Gnome Art that that gives you a large variety of themes to choose from. You can also download them from synaptic, but the download is fairly big and you end up with a bunch of themes you will never use. I find it is better to go right to the sight and download only the themes that you are interested in. Save which ones you want in a specific folder that you can later install them from.

• Installing our theme from Gnome Art:

From the Gnome Art sight we can choose from different aspects of our themes including icons and window borders. Browse the different themes that are available for download. Once you have picked out what themes you would like to try download them to a specific folder. I suggest creating a folder called themes and download your selections there for easier reference. After we have downloaded our themes it is time to install them. Open up your themes by going to system, preferences, and then choosing themes near the bottom. Once we have our themes menu open click on install. A install window will open and now browse to our themes folder. Hi light the theme you want to install and click open. This will install the selected theme. You are then given the choice to use that theme or continue using your original theme. See the screen shots below on selecting and installing themes.

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Visit the Gnome art Web site to choose from a wide variety of themes that are available. Hi Light the theme you would like to install.

 

 

 

 

 

You will be asked where to save the theme. Select the themes folder that we created.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once you have found your Themes folder Hi- light the theme you want to install and click on open. This will install your theme. 

 

 

 

Once the new theme is installed you will be asked if you want to use the new theme or keep using your original theme.