JGD-CobaltBlue is based on the design for JGD-Black. It sports tints of the color Cobalt Blue (hex color #0020c2). GTK 3.20+, GTK 2, and Openbox themes are included with this package.
- Download the latest file from the downloads directory
- Open a Terminal application in Linux
- Navigate to your Downloads folder in the terminal (usually titled Downloads). Type
cd Downloads
- Type
ls
and look forjgd-cobaltblue-month-day-year.tar.gz
, where month, day and year represent when the file was last updated - Untar the file by typing
tar -zxvf jgd-cobaltblue-01-01-17.tar.gz
, substituting the current version's date numbers - type
cd
again to get to your home folder; typels -a
and see if there is a .themes directory - If one does not exist, create one:
mkdir .themes
cd Downloads
cp JGD-CobaltBlue ../.themes
- Follow steps 1-5 above
cd /usr/share/themes
sudo cp -r ~/Downloads/JGD-CobaltBlue /usr/share/themes
- Enter sudo password
ls
to check that the theme folder is present
JGD-CobaltBlue is available in the Arch User Repository. The easiest way to install it is with a pacman frontend which accesses the AUR, such as Yay.
yay -S jgd-cobaltblue
Once installed, you can use a theme switching application such as LXAppearance or Gnome Tweak Tool to change the theme to JGD-CobaltBlue
JGD-CobaltBlue, like JGD-Black, requires the Clearlooks GTK2 theme engine. To install:
apt-get install gtk-engines
sudo pacman -S gtk-engines
Note: The GTK3 version of this theme only works in version 3.20 and upwards.