How do I change the icon theme in Ubuntu?
Solution 1
You can change icon theme with Ubuntu Tweak.
Install Faenza Icon Theme
Hit Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal and run the following commands one by one:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install faenza-icon-theme
Install Ubuntu Tweak:
After installation of Faenza run following commands in terminal to install "Ubuntu Tweak".
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
How To Change Icon Theme With Ubuntu Tweak?
- Once installed Hit Super key (windows key) to open Unity dash and search for "ubuntu tweak" and open it.
- Go to tweak tab and click on "Themes" button.
- Hare you can easily change the icon theme
Solution 2
I use gnome-tweak-tool
to change the icons.
Fist install faenza-icon-theme
Add the repository and update
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox
sudo apt-get update
install
sudo apt-get install faenza-icon-theme
Now, install gnome-tweak-tool
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool
After Installation open Gnome-Tweak-Tool to change icons,
That's all :)
Solution 3
I like the Unity Tweak Tool:
sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool
Solution 4
You just have to install Faenza Icon Theme the way it became described here already:
Open a terminal (Alt+T) and run
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install faenza-icon-theme
(More about this way of installing software via add-apt-repository and about how to remove it.)
Then start MyUnity and switch to themes
, under icons
select "Faenza-Ambience" if
you use Ambience as theme. Otherwise the icons in the panel don't match, which means they are black on dark background. If you prefer the Radience theme, choose "Faenza" or "Faenza-Radience". Changes should become visible immediately:
If you don't want to add a PPA as described above you can download the zip file on its homepage.
- When the download finished, extract the file via rightclick → "Extract here".
- Open this new folder.
- Doubleclick the "INSTALL" file. When asked "Do you want to run 'INSTALL', or display its contents?" choose "Run in Terminal".
- A terminal pops up, you have to answer some questions about the install.
- When ready, start MyUnity and select the new theme.
If you prefer this way of installing and want to make Faenza Icon Theme available for all users on your PC, download and extract the file as described above.
- Then open a terminal (Alt+T).
- Switch to the Faenza folder via
cd
, i.e.cd Downloads/faenza_icons_by_tiheum-d2v6x24/
. - Install the theme via
sudo ./INSTALL
.
Solution 5
Since you have MyUnity program here are steps to change the icon theme with it:
Grab the the Faenza icon package/ or any other icon package. You can get more icon themes from here:
These packages are normally compressed so extract the compressed file to somewhere easily accessible like your desktop.
Copy the uncompressed folder to the
.icons
folder which is hidden by default in the home folder. To reveal the hidden folder, navigate to your home folder and pressCTRL H
Place the uncompressed folder in the
.icons
folder and close the folderOpen the dash and search for
MyUnity
application and launch itClick on the
themes
tab in MyUnity and select the icon theme of your choice from the list of icon themes on the right side of the dialog box
- Last and most important step ENJOY!!!
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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I want to change my icon theme to Faenza. I tried using MyUnity, but it didn't work so well. How can I change it?