#1 2017-05-04 21:40:44

lgeurts

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Installing Awoken icon-theme in BunsenLabs

How do I do that. Probably a newbie question so don't fire your cannons. A hint would be enough as I want to learn BL....

damo

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Re: Installing Awoken icon-theme in BunsenLabs

Copy the icon theme to '~/.icons/' (this is a symlink to '~/.local/share/icons', so you could copy it directly to there). Or for all users to access the theme, copy to '/usr/share/icons/'. Another way is to use the "Install" button in lxappearance.

You may need to refresh the icon cache by logging out/in, or with

sudo fc-cache -fr

You can now choose the icon theme from Menu -> Preferences -> Appearance (lxappearance)

For "learning BL", have you had a look through Introduction to the BunsenLabs Desktop?

Last edited by damo (2017-05-04 22:26:21)

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cpoakes

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Re: Installing Awoken icon-theme in BunsenLabs

Following damo's general instructions, I specifically suggest unzipping/copying the icon collections (directories: Awoken, AwOkenDark, AwOkenWhite) to the user icon directory (~/.icons) first, not the system directory (/usr/share/icons). AwOken directories contain scripts and directions (see AwOken/Installation_and_Instructions.pdf) to tweak the icon appearance. This is easier/safer to do in ~/.icons without root permissions. After customization, these directories can be copied to /usr/share/icons for access by all users.

lgeurts

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Re: Installing Awoken icon-theme in BunsenLabs

Thanks both! And will look at the BL docu (Debian too)... Think I started doing before reading. Anyways thanks again .

ohnonot

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Re: Installing Awoken icon-theme in BunsenLabs

Copy the icon theme to '~/.icons/' (this is a symlink to '~/.local/share/icons'

a word of warning:
the directory structure must be exact, at least for the top level.
example:

$ cd  /usr/share/icons 
$ tree -L 1 Faenza
Faenza
├── actions
├── apps
├── categories
├── devices
├── emblems
├── extras
├── icon-theme.cache
├── index.theme
├── mimetypes
├── places
├── status
└── stock

at least the index.theme must not be in a subdirectory.

johnraff

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Re: Installing Awoken icon-theme in BunsenLabs

Copy the icon theme to '~/.icons/' (this is a symlink to '~/.local/share/icons', so you could copy it directly to there).

The standards-compliant location is now '~/.local/share/icons', so that ~/.icons link is there for compatibility with former user practices. (Some programs, too, still look in the "wrong" place for things which are now in ~/.local/share/*)

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