Download the theme and extract it to ~/.icons directory for icon themes and to ~/.themes directory for themes.Similar to the way you install themes in Ubuntu, you have two ways to install themes in Elementary OS as well.
Install themes and icons in Elementary OS For the beginners, it would be helpful to know how to install new themes and icons in Elementary OS. If you are an experienced user, you probably already know how to do it. Themes and icon themes give a complete makeover to the looks of the system. But this doesn’t mean that you are just limited to the default Elementary OS theme. And the default Elementary OS themes is quite beautiful itself. I don’t have a fresh install to test but it might be the case that the ‘new’ Extensions preferences app doesn’t need to be installed manually.Continuing my journey with Elementary OS, today, I’ll show you how to install themes in Elementary OS.Įlementary OS is already known for its looks. If you want to install these from the command line run: sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-prefs gnome-tweaks
Both of these are available in the Ubuntu archives:Ĭlick to install GNOME Extensions App on Ubuntu However you choose to install the User Themes extension you will need to install the GNOME Extensions app and the GNOME Tweaks tool to use it.
You can install this add-on from the (EGO) website however I find it quicker to install the gnome-shell-extensions package from the Ubuntu repo (warning: it adds lots of other add-ons too), no browser required:Īlternatively, install the User Themes GNOME extension in Ubuntu from the command line using this command: sudo apt install gnome-shell-extensions This simple add-on lets you change GNOME Shell theme easier than running long-winded commands. How to Make GNOME Shell Dark in 20.04įirst things first: you need to install the User Themes GNOME Shell extension. Thankfully, you can enable a FULL dark mode in Ubuntu 20.04, and in the next section we show you how. While this mix of light Shell UI and dark app windows doesn’t look terrible, it’s not quite the full dark theme experience that some users of the Focal Fossa will be expecting.
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