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Set a specific theme for root launched applications

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I would like the the applications I launch as root to look differently from the application launched as a normal user.

This can be done by using a theme that does not come from usr/share/themes but I haven't found a way to modify the default theme the root applications use.

Can this be done?

Using sudo gnome-appearance-properties doesn’t work.

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answered 2 Years ago pheter · Accepted Answer

I found a hack to get get a system wide change :)

From the Appearance Preferences choose a theme you have installed in ~/.themes

Make a .themes folder in /root :

sudo mkdir /root/.themes

Copy your theme to /root/.themes :

sudo cp -r ~/.themes/yourTheme /root/.themes

Delete the gtk-2.0 and metacity-1 folders in /root/.themes/yourTheme :

sudo rm -R /root/.themes/yourTheme/gtk-2.0 /root/.themes/yourTheme/metacity-1

Copy the gtk-2.0 and metacity-1 folders of the new root theme to /root/.themes :

sudo cp -r /PathToRootTheme/gtk-2.0 /root/.themes/yourTheme/ ; sudo cp -r /PathToRootTheme/metacity-1 /root/.themes/yourTheme/