29 October 2008

How I installed Linux Mint theme into Ubuntu Hardy

I am very impressed with the "Lightning" theme of Linux Mint 5 Elyssa on my laptop, so I installed it on my desktop which is currently running Ubuntu Hardy.

The steps:
  1. Go to Linux Mint Repository site and download these two files: gtk2-engines-aurora and gtk2-engines-candido

  2. Go to this website and download this file: mint-artwork_5.0-2_all.deb
    This file contains Mint Green icons and several Linux Mint themes, wallpapers and GDM themes.

  3. Install those three files in point 1 and 2:
    sudo dpkg -i gtk2-engines-aurora_1.4-1nano_i386.deb
    sudo dpkg -i gtk2-engines-candido_0.9.1-2nano_i386.deb
    sudo dpkg-i mint-artwork_5.0-2_all.deb

  4. Using USB flash disk, copy the Lightning directory from /usr/share/themes directory in the laptop to home directory in Ubuntu desktop.

    Change its permission:
    sudo chmod 755 -R Lightning/

    move it to ./themes directory in Ubuntu:
    mv Lightning/ .themes/

  5. Go to System > Preference > Appearance > Theme and select Lightning.
Enjoy the Lightning theme, it is really fast and lightning :)

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