How to change cursor on Ubuntu 18.04?

Question

I recently did a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and I do not know how to change the cursor theme. Any answers would help.

Solution

Install the gnome tweak tool launch it and change the cursor from there:

sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool

In the Appearance tab make your changes. Also to add custom icons to use with your cursor simple down and extract it to the ~/.icons directory then gnome-tweak-tool should pick it up, and a restart may be required.

Comments

[George Udosen]

Install tweak tool

[N Tre]

I mean how to add a custom cursor, for example, one from the Internet.

[pomsky]

@NTre Download the archive from the internet and extract to your ~/.icons/ directory.

[George Udosen]

Please make you question very explicit I have updated my answer...