[SOLVED] Get Clone?

KrunchTime · 2017-05-25 06:34:45

I'm trying to follow #3 here to install the Papirus icon theme, but get is not a valid command. Is get clone a Git command, thus requiring that I install git?

Last edited by KrunchTime (2017-05-25 06:48:37)

brontosaurusrex · 2017-05-25 06:38:51

Yes, what they meant is 'sudo git clone ....' probably. What I would do is just 'git clone ...' to some user space and then 'sudo cp....' or no sudo at all and just copy them to user .icons.

Last edited by brontosaurusrex (2017-05-25 06:42:05)

johnraff · 2017-05-25 06:42:01

It looks like a typo to me, and yes you'll need git. I don't see why you have to clone the repo as root though. I haven't tried it, but this ought to work (run it in some directory belonging to you):

git clone https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme-gtk.git

Then you can go into the created directory and copy out what you want.

KrunchTime · 2017-05-25 06:43:34

@bronto: Perhaps you're right; https://git-scm.com/docs/git-clone

@johnraff: Why sudo...perhaps because the first step in the how-to is to:

cd /usr/share/icons

. But I understand what you're saying...6 of 1, half a dozen of the other.

Thank you both for your input.

Last edited by KrunchTime (2017-05-25 06:47:38)

johnraff · 2017-05-25 06:50:44

^Yes, but there's no need to clone the repo in a system dir - somewhere in your own space should be fine.
Then you can still do:

cd /path/to/papirus-icon-theme-gtk
sudo cp Papirus-Arc-Dark-GTK Papirus-Dark-GTK Papirus-GTK /usr/share/icons

Using sudo only for the actual file install step (and keep the repo for now, in case you need it later).

KrunchTime · 2017-05-25 07:14:23

johnraff wrote:

^Yes, but there's no need to clone the repo in a system dir - somewhere in your own space should be fine.

Good point.

ohnonot · 2017-05-25 08:22:23

i do not think git should ever be used with sudo.

Sector11 · 2017-05-25 12:45:39

From the link:

3) Install Papirus Icon Theme Manually
Other Distro users can install Papirus Icon Theme manually by cloning the developer source file from github page.

Button says [Clone or Download] - I chose download:

/media/5/zip-tar-gz/papirus-icon-theme-master.zip

Install like any other theme

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