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How to install numix theme application on Linux mint - 18.3

To install numix theme application on Linux mint - 18.3

Numix theme application offers high-quality gtk themes and icons for Linux desktop. It' s having a combination of light and dark elements to set your workspace environment. The theme is compatible with most of the desktop environments such as gnome, Unity, mate, and others. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of numix theme application on Linux mint - 18.3

Installation

Let' s First Start with updating the system repositories 

linuxhelp user # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease          
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease              
Ign:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease                     
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease         
Hit:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release                      
Hit:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

And then add the PPA repository as follows 

linuxhelp user # add-apt-repository ppa:numix/ppa

You are about to add the following PPA:
The official PPA for the Numix Project - http://numixproject.org
The PPA consists of various artwork packages from the Numix Project.
More info: https://launchpad.net/~numix/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl+C to cancel  

Executing: /tmp/tmp.0BptaUoFuN/gpg.1.sh --keyserver
hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80
--recv-keys
0F164EEB
gpg: requesting key 0F164EEB from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 0F164EEB: public key " Launchpad PPA for Numix Maintainers"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:                      imported: 1   (RSA: 1)

Next, update the system packages using the following command

linuxhelp user # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/numix/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]                                                                
Ign:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease                                                            
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease                                                      
Hit:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                           
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease                                                                              
Hit:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release                                                                   
Get:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/numix/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Sources [4,400 B]                 
Get:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/numix/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [3,008 B]
Get:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/numix/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [3,008 B]
Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/numix/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [1,508 B]            
Hit:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Fetched 29.4 kB in 2s (10.7 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

After updating you can install numix-theme-application as follows

linuxhelp user #  apt-get install numix-gtk-theme
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  numix-icon-theme
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  numix-gtk-theme
.
.
Selecting previously unselected package numix-gtk-theme.
(Reading database ... 219622 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../numix-gtk-theme_2.6.7+670~201710270712~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking numix-gtk-theme (2.6.7+670~201710270712~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Setting up numix-gtk-theme (2.6.7+670~201710270712~ubuntu16.04.1) ...

Now let' s see how to apply the Numix theme

RIght click on the desktop and choose Change Desktop background

Go to theme menu and choose a numix theme package and close the console

Now you can see the changes in Desktop environment

To choose right click to see the effect

You can notice the change in file system

Add PPA repository as follows 

linuxhelp user # apt-add-repository ppa:numix/ppa
You are about to add the following PPA:
  The official PPA for the Numix Project - http://numixproject.org

The PPA consists of various artwork packages from the Numix Project.
  More info: https://launchpad.net/~numix/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press Enter to continue or Ctrl+C to cancel
Executing: /tmp/tmp.NKHhsyY8dt/gpg.1.sh --keyserver
hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80
--recv-keys
0F164EEB
gpg: requesting key 0F164EEB from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 0F164EEB: " Launchpad PPA for Numix Maintainers"  not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:              unchanged: 1

And then update the system repository packages as follows 

linuxhelp user # apt-get update
Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/numix/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                          
Hit:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease                                                                           
Ign:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia InRelease                                                                 
Hit:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                          
Hit:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease                              
Hit:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com sylvia Release                      
Hit:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

Use the following command to install the numix icon folders. 

linuxhelp user #  apt-get install numix-icon-theme numix-folders
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  numix-folders numix-icon-theme
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 277 not upgraded.
Need to get 5,879 kB of archives.
After this operation, 83.6 MB of additional disk space will be used.
.
.
Preparing to unpack .../numix-icon-theme_0.3+929~201712251402~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking numix-icon-theme (0.3+929~201712251402~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22+linuxmint1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Setting up numix-folders (1.1.1+201708120134~199~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
sudo: unable to resolve host linuxhelp
Setting up numix-icon-theme (0.3+929~201712251402~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.

Use the following command to install the numix icon packages

linuxhelp user # apt-get install numix-icon-theme-circle
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  numix-icon-theme-circle
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 277 not upgraded.
.
.
 (Reading database ... 263662 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../numix-icon-theme-circle_2.0.3+17~201709261930~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking numix-icon-theme-circle (2.0.3+17~201709261930~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Setting up numix-icon-theme-circle (2.0.3+17~201709261930~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.

In order to install square icon packages 

linuxhelp user # apt-get install numix-icon-theme-square
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
.
.
 (Reading database ... 268321 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../numix-icon-theme-square_1.0.1+11~201709261933~ubuntu16.04.1_all.deb ...
Unpacking numix-icon-theme-square (1.0.1+11~201709261933~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Setting up numix-icon-theme-square (1.0.1+11~201709261933~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.

you can notice the changes in the appearance of icons as shown below

RIght click and choose " change Desktop Background"

Navigate to theme menu in the appearance and preferences

Go to customize option as follows

Choose the icon tab under customize theme console

choose icon package and close the console

You can see the changes from the below screen

And also open the file manager to see changes

With this, the method to install numix theme application on Linux Mint - 18.3 comes to an end.

Tag : Linux Mint
FAQ
Q
What is the command to install numix theme application on lnuxmint 18.3?
A
The command to install numix theme application on lnuxmint 18.3 is

#apt-get install numix-gtk-theme
Q
What is the required PPA to install numix theme on linuxmint 18.3?
A
The required PPA to install numix theme on linuxmint 18.3 is

ppa:numix/ppa
Q
What are the alternative of numix?
A
The alternatives of numix are

Hooli
Arrongin/Telinkrin
Gnome-osx
Ultimate Maia
Q
how to check version of numix?
A
To check version of numix just click on help, then check version.
Q
how to remove numix applciation?
A
To remove numix application use the following command
# apt-get remove numix-gtk-theme -y