Install themes on kubuntu

Question

I just installed the package kubuntu-desktop and i found some really good themes online:

http://kubuntu-art.org/content/show.php/Ice+cream+Theme+%28QtCurve%2CEmerald%2CChrome%29?content=151493

http://kubuntu-art.org/content/show.php/Elementary+for+KDE+%28QTCurve+%2B+Emerald%29?content=152404

can anybody tell me how to install those themes on (k)ubuntu 12.04 ?

Thanks in advance

Solution

Window decorations

The appearance of window borders, titlebars and buttons.

You will need an engine and a theme.

KDE Style

The elements of a graphical user interface, such as buttons, scrollbars, tabs, and menus.

You will need an engine and a theme.

In this case - QtCurve,Emerald

The QtCurve is in the official Ubuntu repositories. The QtCurve engine can be installed with the package: qtcurve

Description: Unified window decoration for KDE and GTK+ (meta-package) This package installs all packages related with QtCurve: * kde-style-qtcurve * kwin-style-qtcurve * gtk2-engines-qtcurve * qtcurve-i18n . QtCurve is a set of widget styles for KDE and GTK+. It provides a consistent look between KDE and GTK+ applications, which is easy on the eyes and visually pleasing. Homepage: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=40492

The Smaragd (Emerald for KDE): http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/?content=125162

Description: Smaragd is a window decoration engine for the KDE window manager KWin. It allows you to use Emerald theme files (from Compiz/Beryl) with KDE SC 4.

The Smaragd can be found from the PPA repositories: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas?name_filter=smaragd

Download the deb and install it.

Ice cream Theme

Download - unpack the tar package.

Extract the Ice cream QtCurve.emerald to the $HOME/.emerald/theme.

KDE System Settings > Workspace Appearance > Window Decorations > Smaragd

KDE System Settings > Application Appearance > Style > Widget style: QtCurve -> Configure -> Import QtCurve Settings File

Comments

[Allan]

Quality answer +1