{"id":16305,"date":"2022-03-30T10:29:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T10:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/?p=16305"},"modified":"2022-03-30T10:29:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T10:29:54","slug":"how-to-change-the-ubuntu-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/ubuntu\/how-to-change-the-ubuntu-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change the Ubuntu Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A theme is a pre-configured package of graphical looks and functionality features in computing. A theme is typically made up of a set of forms and colors for the graphical control components, window decoration, and windows. As Ubuntu also consists of a graphical user interface, it also has the option to change the themes primarily.<\/p>\n<h2>Changing Ubuntu Theme<\/h2>\n<p>The following are the major steps that can be useful for changing Ubuntu themes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Step-1: Installation of \u201cGNOME Tweaks\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Step-2: Installation of the Desired Theme<\/li>\n<li>Step-3: Application of Selected Theme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A brief description of each step is provided below so that you have a better understanding of the concept &#8220;How to Change Ubuntu Theme&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h3>Step-1: Installation of \u201cGNOME Tweaks\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>You must ensure that you have installed &#8220;Gnome Tweaks&#8221; because installing Gnome Tweaks is compulsory, no matter whether you only want to change the Ubuntu theme, the icons, or the cursor. This tool helps you quickly switch between different themes, icons, and cursors.<\/p>\n<p>To install Gnome Tweaks, open your terminal and run the below-mentioned command, as shown in the image:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<pre><strong>$ sudo apt-get install gnome-tweaks<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"563\" class=\"wp-image-16306\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/text-description-automatically-generated-16.png\" alt=\"Text Description automatically generated\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/text-description-automatically-generated-16.png 722w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/text-description-automatically-generated-16-300x234.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can also install \u201cGNOME Tweaks\u201d by exploring it in Ubuntu Software and then by clicking on the \u201cInstall\u201d button.<\/p>\n<p>When you have successfully installed \u201cGnome Tweaks\u201d on your Ubuntu, you are ready to install and change the themes, the icons, and the cursor.<\/p>\n<h3>Step-2: Installation of the desired theme<\/h3>\n<p>To install themes in Ubuntu, you need to download &#8220;Ubuntu themes&#8221; from the internet browser.<\/p>\n<p>You can search and download different themes using different browsers, but the one I have used in this case is &#8220;Gnome Look&#8221;. Gnome Look includes not only themes but also all of the tools you&#8217;ll need to personalize your Ubuntu interface. You can search for the \u201cGnome look\u201d using the link\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gnome-look.org\/\">https:\/\/www.gnome-look.org.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After going to the &#8220;Gnome Look&#8221; link, select the &#8220;GTK3\/4 Themes&#8221; section, which is provided under the section of categories, as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"579\" class=\"wp-image-16307\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-text-application-chat.png\" alt=\"Graphical user interface, text, application, chat or text message Description automatically generated\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-text-application-chat.png 736w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-text-application-chat-300x236.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the \u201cGTK3\/4 Themes\u201d section, you&#8217;ll find thousands of amazing themes. Choose a theme that appeals to you and download it. I went with the \u201cSnow\u201d Ubuntu theme, which is nice and cool.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"581\" class=\"wp-image-16308\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-application-description-12.png\" alt=\"Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-application-description-12.png 732w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-application-description-12-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-application-description-12-150x120.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After going to the snow theme, you can download the selected theme by clicking on the \u201cdownload\u201d button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"569\" class=\"wp-image-16309\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/word-image-232.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/word-image-232.png 731w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/word-image-232-300x234.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After clicking on the &#8220;Download&#8221; button, it will provide you with a dialogue box in which it will ask what you want to do with this file, i.e., open or save it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"580\" class=\"wp-image-16310\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-text-application-chat-1.png\" alt=\"Graphical user interface, text, application, chat or text message Description automatically generated\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-text-application-chat-1.png 734w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-text-application-chat-1-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-text-application-chat-1-150x120.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step-3: Application of Selected Theme<\/h3>\n<p>After you&#8217;ve downloaded the selected theme, go to its file location and extract the file by right-clicking on it and selecting the \u201cExtract here\u201d option. Here you can see the extracted file of the \u201cSnow\u201d theme.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"570\" class=\"wp-image-16311\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-application-powerpoint.png\" alt=\"Graphical user interface, application, PowerPoint Description automatically generated\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-application-powerpoint.png 730w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-application-powerpoint-300x234.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve extracted the downloaded theme, open your terminal and execute the following command (this will open &#8216;Files&#8217; with root rights) as seen below.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<pre><strong>$ sudo nautilus<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"51\" class=\"wp-image-16312\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/text-description-automatically-generated-17.png\" alt=\"Text Description automatically generated\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/text-description-automatically-generated-17.png 368w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/text-description-automatically-generated-17-300x42.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now that you have root access to the files, navigate to &#8216;usr\/share\/themes&#8217; as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"595\" class=\"wp-image-16313\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-application-description-13.png\" alt=\"Graphical user interface, application Description automatically generated\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-application-description-13.png 802w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-application-description-13-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/graphical-user-interface-application-description-13-768x570.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After going to the location, drag and drop the extracted theme folder (\u201cSnow\u201d in my case) to the location \u201cusr\/share\/themes\u201d. Hence, your theme is finally successfully installed,. Now you just need to apply it.<\/p>\n<p>After the drag and drop situation, close all the open applications and open &#8220;Gnome Tweaks\u201d,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>then go to the &#8220;Appearance&#8221; section provided in the left sidebar, and choose the theme you&#8217;ve installed (Snow, in my case) in the application&#8217;s row to apply it successfully.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"485\" class=\"wp-image-16314\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/c-users-falcon-desktop-1-jpg.jpeg\" alt=\"C:\\Users\\falcon\\Desktop\\1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/c-users-falcon-desktop-1-jpg.jpeg 1041w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/c-users-falcon-desktop-1-jpg-300x140.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/c-users-falcon-desktop-1-jpg-1024x477.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/c-users-falcon-desktop-1-jpg-768x358.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>This article provides some introductory information about themes. In addition, the basic steps through which you can change themes in Ubuntu Linux are discussed in this article. The illustration of these steps, as well as their output results, is also detailed in this article.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A theme is a pre-configured package of graphical looks and functionality features in computing. 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