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
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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.
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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.
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(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:
.
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(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.
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