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THIS is the theme I'd like to install. What I've done so far:




  1. Extracted Dark-Aurora folder from the archive.

  2. Copied that folder to ~/usr/share/themes.

  3. Created /home/[user-name]/.themes folder and copied Dark-Aurora there too.

  4. Opened Unity Tweak Tool, clicked on Theme.

  5. Only the three default themes (Ambiance, Highcontrast and Radiance) are there). Dark-aurora is nowhere to be found.


So what am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance.










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    Not sure why wouldn't show, but I'm pretty sure you wouldn't like the results of a gtk 3.16 theme on gnome 3.20 anyways, assuming you're using Ubuntu 16.04.

    – xangua
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:14













  • Did the theme come with a readme.txt?

    – Android Dev
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:14











  • Remove from one location. Also let me know what is the contents of /usr/share/themes/Dark-Aurora?

    – Anwar
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:23











  • Dark-Aurora has gnome-shell folder inside so I assumed it would be compatible with Gnome.

    – Hichigaya Hachiman
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:23











  • Inside Dark-Aurora there are the following folders: gnome-shell, gtk-2.0, gtk-3.0 and index.theme file.

    – Hichigaya Hachiman
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:24
















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THIS is the theme I'd like to install. What I've done so far:




  1. Extracted Dark-Aurora folder from the archive.

  2. Copied that folder to ~/usr/share/themes.

  3. Created /home/[user-name]/.themes folder and copied Dark-Aurora there too.

  4. Opened Unity Tweak Tool, clicked on Theme.

  5. Only the three default themes (Ambiance, Highcontrast and Radiance) are there). Dark-aurora is nowhere to be found.


So what am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance.










share|improve this question


















  • 1





    Not sure why wouldn't show, but I'm pretty sure you wouldn't like the results of a gtk 3.16 theme on gnome 3.20 anyways, assuming you're using Ubuntu 16.04.

    – xangua
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:14













  • Did the theme come with a readme.txt?

    – Android Dev
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:14











  • Remove from one location. Also let me know what is the contents of /usr/share/themes/Dark-Aurora?

    – Anwar
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:23











  • Dark-Aurora has gnome-shell folder inside so I assumed it would be compatible with Gnome.

    – Hichigaya Hachiman
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:23











  • Inside Dark-Aurora there are the following folders: gnome-shell, gtk-2.0, gtk-3.0 and index.theme file.

    – Hichigaya Hachiman
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:24














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THIS is the theme I'd like to install. What I've done so far:




  1. Extracted Dark-Aurora folder from the archive.

  2. Copied that folder to ~/usr/share/themes.

  3. Created /home/[user-name]/.themes folder and copied Dark-Aurora there too.

  4. Opened Unity Tweak Tool, clicked on Theme.

  5. Only the three default themes (Ambiance, Highcontrast and Radiance) are there). Dark-aurora is nowhere to be found.


So what am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance.










share|improve this question














THIS is the theme I'd like to install. What I've done so far:




  1. Extracted Dark-Aurora folder from the archive.

  2. Copied that folder to ~/usr/share/themes.

  3. Created /home/[user-name]/.themes folder and copied Dark-Aurora there too.

  4. Opened Unity Tweak Tool, clicked on Theme.

  5. Only the three default themes (Ambiance, Highcontrast and Radiance) are there). Dark-aurora is nowhere to be found.


So what am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance.







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    Not sure why wouldn't show, but I'm pretty sure you wouldn't like the results of a gtk 3.16 theme on gnome 3.20 anyways, assuming you're using Ubuntu 16.04.

    – xangua
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:14













  • Did the theme come with a readme.txt?

    – Android Dev
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:14











  • Remove from one location. Also let me know what is the contents of /usr/share/themes/Dark-Aurora?

    – Anwar
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:23











  • Dark-Aurora has gnome-shell folder inside so I assumed it would be compatible with Gnome.

    – Hichigaya Hachiman
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:23











  • Inside Dark-Aurora there are the following folders: gnome-shell, gtk-2.0, gtk-3.0 and index.theme file.

    – Hichigaya Hachiman
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:24














  • 1





    Not sure why wouldn't show, but I'm pretty sure you wouldn't like the results of a gtk 3.16 theme on gnome 3.20 anyways, assuming you're using Ubuntu 16.04.

    – xangua
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:14













  • Did the theme come with a readme.txt?

    – Android Dev
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:14











  • Remove from one location. Also let me know what is the contents of /usr/share/themes/Dark-Aurora?

    – Anwar
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:23











  • Dark-Aurora has gnome-shell folder inside so I assumed it would be compatible with Gnome.

    – Hichigaya Hachiman
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:23











  • Inside Dark-Aurora there are the following folders: gnome-shell, gtk-2.0, gtk-3.0 and index.theme file.

    – Hichigaya Hachiman
    Aug 31 '16 at 18:24








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Not sure why wouldn't show, but I'm pretty sure you wouldn't like the results of a gtk 3.16 theme on gnome 3.20 anyways, assuming you're using Ubuntu 16.04.

– xangua
Aug 31 '16 at 18:14







Not sure why wouldn't show, but I'm pretty sure you wouldn't like the results of a gtk 3.16 theme on gnome 3.20 anyways, assuming you're using Ubuntu 16.04.

– xangua
Aug 31 '16 at 18:14















Did the theme come with a readme.txt?

– Android Dev
Aug 31 '16 at 18:14





Did the theme come with a readme.txt?

– Android Dev
Aug 31 '16 at 18:14













Remove from one location. Also let me know what is the contents of /usr/share/themes/Dark-Aurora?

– Anwar
Aug 31 '16 at 18:23





Remove from one location. Also let me know what is the contents of /usr/share/themes/Dark-Aurora?

– Anwar
Aug 31 '16 at 18:23













Dark-Aurora has gnome-shell folder inside so I assumed it would be compatible with Gnome.

– Hichigaya Hachiman
Aug 31 '16 at 18:23





Dark-Aurora has gnome-shell folder inside so I assumed it would be compatible with Gnome.

– Hichigaya Hachiman
Aug 31 '16 at 18:23













Inside Dark-Aurora there are the following folders: gnome-shell, gtk-2.0, gtk-3.0 and index.theme file.

– Hichigaya Hachiman
Aug 31 '16 at 18:24





Inside Dark-Aurora there are the following folders: gnome-shell, gtk-2.0, gtk-3.0 and index.theme file.

– Hichigaya Hachiman
Aug 31 '16 at 18:24










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After extracting the archive, you'll find Aurora and Dark Aurora folders there. You have to put them in either ~/.local/share/themes or /usr/share/themes directory.



However, I saw that they don't appear in Unity Tweak Tool. The solution is using Gnome Tweak Tool to set the theme.



To install it -



sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool


Open and set the theme from Appearance Section.



Update after further information It appeared OP's .local folder was owned by root. To get the ownership use sudo chown -r your-user-name ~/.local before copying the theme folder. Then use cp without using sudo.






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  • sudo cp -r Downloads/Dark-Aurora/ ~/.local/share/themes/Dark-aurora but still it is not shown in GTT.

    – Hichigaya Hachiman
    Sep 8 '16 at 16:07













  • @HichigayaHachiman I didn't get you. I said in the answer that since this theme is incompatible, it will not be shown in Unity Tweak tool. But Gnome tweak tool will show it. Also, you don't need sudo. remove the folder by going to ~/.local/share/themes/ and paste them as normal user

    – Anwar
    Sep 8 '16 at 17:38











  • GTT = Gnome Tweak Tool. And I can't access ./local wihout root access.

    – Hichigaya Hachiman
    Sep 8 '16 at 19:15











  • If you cant access .local in your home, that means you have lost ownership of that folder and did bad things. You need to do sudo chown -r your-user-name ~/.local first

    – Anwar
    Sep 8 '16 at 19:22






  • 1





    Good lord it worked. Yes, claiming ownership of those folders made the themes available.

    – Hichigaya Hachiman
    Sep 9 '16 at 1:00



















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sometimes if your theme folder does not contain gnome-shell and gtk folders, it means that it only contains icons and must be put in /usr/share/icons or /home/username/.icons instead.






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    Dont know if this is still relevant but: on ubuntu 18.04 is installed libgtk-3.22. I had a theme directory (in ~/.themes) with subdir gtk-3.16 and gtk-3.22, and tweak/userthemes tool didn't list the theme. But when I made a link called gtk-3.0 pointing to the gtk-3.16 directory, the theme was shown. (And it was reading the theme from the gtk-3.22 directory) So yes...






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      After extracting the archive, you'll find Aurora and Dark Aurora folders there. You have to put them in either ~/.local/share/themes or /usr/share/themes directory.



      However, I saw that they don't appear in Unity Tweak Tool. The solution is using Gnome Tweak Tool to set the theme.



      To install it -



      sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool


      Open and set the theme from Appearance Section.



      Update after further information It appeared OP's .local folder was owned by root. To get the ownership use sudo chown -r your-user-name ~/.local before copying the theme folder. Then use cp without using sudo.






      share|improve this answer


























      • sudo cp -r Downloads/Dark-Aurora/ ~/.local/share/themes/Dark-aurora but still it is not shown in GTT.

        – Hichigaya Hachiman
        Sep 8 '16 at 16:07













      • @HichigayaHachiman I didn't get you. I said in the answer that since this theme is incompatible, it will not be shown in Unity Tweak tool. But Gnome tweak tool will show it. Also, you don't need sudo. remove the folder by going to ~/.local/share/themes/ and paste them as normal user

        – Anwar
        Sep 8 '16 at 17:38











      • GTT = Gnome Tweak Tool. And I can't access ./local wihout root access.

        – Hichigaya Hachiman
        Sep 8 '16 at 19:15











      • If you cant access .local in your home, that means you have lost ownership of that folder and did bad things. You need to do sudo chown -r your-user-name ~/.local first

        – Anwar
        Sep 8 '16 at 19:22






      • 1





        Good lord it worked. Yes, claiming ownership of those folders made the themes available.

        – Hichigaya Hachiman
        Sep 9 '16 at 1:00
















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      After extracting the archive, you'll find Aurora and Dark Aurora folders there. You have to put them in either ~/.local/share/themes or /usr/share/themes directory.



      However, I saw that they don't appear in Unity Tweak Tool. The solution is using Gnome Tweak Tool to set the theme.



      To install it -



      sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool


      Open and set the theme from Appearance Section.



      Update after further information It appeared OP's .local folder was owned by root. To get the ownership use sudo chown -r your-user-name ~/.local before copying the theme folder. Then use cp without using sudo.






      share|improve this answer


























      • sudo cp -r Downloads/Dark-Aurora/ ~/.local/share/themes/Dark-aurora but still it is not shown in GTT.

        – Hichigaya Hachiman
        Sep 8 '16 at 16:07













      • @HichigayaHachiman I didn't get you. I said in the answer that since this theme is incompatible, it will not be shown in Unity Tweak tool. But Gnome tweak tool will show it. Also, you don't need sudo. remove the folder by going to ~/.local/share/themes/ and paste them as normal user

        – Anwar
        Sep 8 '16 at 17:38











      • GTT = Gnome Tweak Tool. And I can't access ./local wihout root access.

        – Hichigaya Hachiman
        Sep 8 '16 at 19:15











      • If you cant access .local in your home, that means you have lost ownership of that folder and did bad things. You need to do sudo chown -r your-user-name ~/.local first

        – Anwar
        Sep 8 '16 at 19:22






      • 1





        Good lord it worked. Yes, claiming ownership of those folders made the themes available.

        – Hichigaya Hachiman
        Sep 9 '16 at 1:00














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      After extracting the archive, you'll find Aurora and Dark Aurora folders there. You have to put them in either ~/.local/share/themes or /usr/share/themes directory.



      However, I saw that they don't appear in Unity Tweak Tool. The solution is using Gnome Tweak Tool to set the theme.



      To install it -



      sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool


      Open and set the theme from Appearance Section.



      Update after further information It appeared OP's .local folder was owned by root. To get the ownership use sudo chown -r your-user-name ~/.local before copying the theme folder. Then use cp without using sudo.






      share|improve this answer















      After extracting the archive, you'll find Aurora and Dark Aurora folders there. You have to put them in either ~/.local/share/themes or /usr/share/themes directory.



      However, I saw that they don't appear in Unity Tweak Tool. The solution is using Gnome Tweak Tool to set the theme.



      To install it -



      sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool


      Open and set the theme from Appearance Section.



      Update after further information It appeared OP's .local folder was owned by root. To get the ownership use sudo chown -r your-user-name ~/.local before copying the theme folder. Then use cp without using sudo.







      share|improve this answer














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      • sudo cp -r Downloads/Dark-Aurora/ ~/.local/share/themes/Dark-aurora but still it is not shown in GTT.

        – Hichigaya Hachiman
        Sep 8 '16 at 16:07













      • @HichigayaHachiman I didn't get you. I said in the answer that since this theme is incompatible, it will not be shown in Unity Tweak tool. But Gnome tweak tool will show it. Also, you don't need sudo. remove the folder by going to ~/.local/share/themes/ and paste them as normal user

        – Anwar
        Sep 8 '16 at 17:38











      • GTT = Gnome Tweak Tool. And I can't access ./local wihout root access.

        – Hichigaya Hachiman
        Sep 8 '16 at 19:15











      • If you cant access .local in your home, that means you have lost ownership of that folder and did bad things. You need to do sudo chown -r your-user-name ~/.local first

        – Anwar
        Sep 8 '16 at 19:22






      • 1





        Good lord it worked. Yes, claiming ownership of those folders made the themes available.

        – Hichigaya Hachiman
        Sep 9 '16 at 1:00



















      • sudo cp -r Downloads/Dark-Aurora/ ~/.local/share/themes/Dark-aurora but still it is not shown in GTT.

        – Hichigaya Hachiman
        Sep 8 '16 at 16:07













      • @HichigayaHachiman I didn't get you. I said in the answer that since this theme is incompatible, it will not be shown in Unity Tweak tool. But Gnome tweak tool will show it. Also, you don't need sudo. remove the folder by going to ~/.local/share/themes/ and paste them as normal user

        – Anwar
        Sep 8 '16 at 17:38











      • GTT = Gnome Tweak Tool. And I can't access ./local wihout root access.

        – Hichigaya Hachiman
        Sep 8 '16 at 19:15











      • If you cant access .local in your home, that means you have lost ownership of that folder and did bad things. You need to do sudo chown -r your-user-name ~/.local first

        – Anwar
        Sep 8 '16 at 19:22






      • 1





        Good lord it worked. Yes, claiming ownership of those folders made the themes available.

        – Hichigaya Hachiman
        Sep 9 '16 at 1:00

















      sudo cp -r Downloads/Dark-Aurora/ ~/.local/share/themes/Dark-aurora but still it is not shown in GTT.

      – Hichigaya Hachiman
      Sep 8 '16 at 16:07







      sudo cp -r Downloads/Dark-Aurora/ ~/.local/share/themes/Dark-aurora but still it is not shown in GTT.

      – Hichigaya Hachiman
      Sep 8 '16 at 16:07















      @HichigayaHachiman I didn't get you. I said in the answer that since this theme is incompatible, it will not be shown in Unity Tweak tool. But Gnome tweak tool will show it. Also, you don't need sudo. remove the folder by going to ~/.local/share/themes/ and paste them as normal user

      – Anwar
      Sep 8 '16 at 17:38





      @HichigayaHachiman I didn't get you. I said in the answer that since this theme is incompatible, it will not be shown in Unity Tweak tool. But Gnome tweak tool will show it. Also, you don't need sudo. remove the folder by going to ~/.local/share/themes/ and paste them as normal user

      – Anwar
      Sep 8 '16 at 17:38













      GTT = Gnome Tweak Tool. And I can't access ./local wihout root access.

      – Hichigaya Hachiman
      Sep 8 '16 at 19:15





      GTT = Gnome Tweak Tool. And I can't access ./local wihout root access.

      – Hichigaya Hachiman
      Sep 8 '16 at 19:15













      If you cant access .local in your home, that means you have lost ownership of that folder and did bad things. You need to do sudo chown -r your-user-name ~/.local first

      – Anwar
      Sep 8 '16 at 19:22





      If you cant access .local in your home, that means you have lost ownership of that folder and did bad things. You need to do sudo chown -r your-user-name ~/.local first

      – Anwar
      Sep 8 '16 at 19:22




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      1





      Good lord it worked. Yes, claiming ownership of those folders made the themes available.

      – Hichigaya Hachiman
      Sep 9 '16 at 1:00





      Good lord it worked. Yes, claiming ownership of those folders made the themes available.

      – Hichigaya Hachiman
      Sep 9 '16 at 1:00













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      sometimes if your theme folder does not contain gnome-shell and gtk folders, it means that it only contains icons and must be put in /usr/share/icons or /home/username/.icons instead.






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          sometimes if your theme folder does not contain gnome-shell and gtk folders, it means that it only contains icons and must be put in /usr/share/icons or /home/username/.icons instead.






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          sometimes if your theme folder does not contain gnome-shell and gtk folders, it means that it only contains icons and must be put in /usr/share/icons or /home/username/.icons instead.







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              Dont know if this is still relevant but: on ubuntu 18.04 is installed libgtk-3.22. I had a theme directory (in ~/.themes) with subdir gtk-3.16 and gtk-3.22, and tweak/userthemes tool didn't list the theme. But when I made a link called gtk-3.0 pointing to the gtk-3.16 directory, the theme was shown. (And it was reading the theme from the gtk-3.22 directory) So yes...






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                Dont know if this is still relevant but: on ubuntu 18.04 is installed libgtk-3.22. I had a theme directory (in ~/.themes) with subdir gtk-3.16 and gtk-3.22, and tweak/userthemes tool didn't list the theme. But when I made a link called gtk-3.0 pointing to the gtk-3.16 directory, the theme was shown. (And it was reading the theme from the gtk-3.22 directory) So yes...






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                  Dont know if this is still relevant but: on ubuntu 18.04 is installed libgtk-3.22. I had a theme directory (in ~/.themes) with subdir gtk-3.16 and gtk-3.22, and tweak/userthemes tool didn't list the theme. But when I made a link called gtk-3.0 pointing to the gtk-3.16 directory, the theme was shown. (And it was reading the theme from the gtk-3.22 directory) So yes...






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                  Dont know if this is still relevant but: on ubuntu 18.04 is installed libgtk-3.22. I had a theme directory (in ~/.themes) with subdir gtk-3.16 and gtk-3.22, and tweak/userthemes tool didn't list the theme. But when I made a link called gtk-3.0 pointing to the gtk-3.16 directory, the theme was shown. (And it was reading the theme from the gtk-3.22 directory) So yes...







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