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How to install theme without using user-theme extension?

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I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 with Gnome Shell 3.4. Since day one I had some random crashes mainly after reloading or during search. After a lot of research I concluded that user-theme extension is to blame. Only when disabled Gnome Shell runs 100% smoothly. So my question is: Is there a way to install a theme without using user-theme extension?

edit: Trying to install it via Gnome Tweak Tool without user-theme extension won't work because of [this][1].

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answered 3 Years ago aslity · Accepted Answer

Yes you can.

Extract your theme to ~/themes or /usr/share/themes

I use this command for manually change theme and icon on ubuntu.

Open terminal Ctrl+Alt+T and run following command:

Icon Pack

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme 'theme'

Theme

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'theme'



gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences 'theme'



gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'theme'

Change 'theme' with your theme name