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How to change theme in Debian 9 XFCE from pling.com using OCS-Install


The default theme is kinda boring, but I prefer Debian because is stable and have the most useful apps and software for me. Also, I like XFCE because of performance and stability, so I am not changing to other WM.

So I tried to Install some themes and icons from pling and succeded when they provide a zip or tarball, but some of the themes don't have that and just provide an OCS install

OCS

Ubuntu-Install I did not found a way to install OCS in Debian, just Ubunutu and other, is there a way to install it?


Solution

  • I found the exact answer for your question here.

    I have tested it in a Debian 9 box myself and everything seems to be working.

    Post by user rolf:

    I installed a few themes from gnome-look.org

    The site uses a special URL scheme. The URL handler comes in a package named ocs-url. Here are the instructions for installing the URL handler on linux-apps.com.

    However, the installation method described on this site has an issue: it marks the dependencies as manually installed.

    Therefore I recommend the following method instead.

    My method will ensure that, when you uninstall ocs-url, its dependencies will be automatically uninstalled as well.

    First download the ocs-url Debian package, then (filename and directory name might differ):

    cd ~/Downloads
    sudo dpkg -i ocs-url_3.1.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
    sudo apt-get install --fix-broken
    

    Once this is done, all you have to do is click on install links on gnome-look.org and them click "OK" and the themes will be installed in ~/.themes.

    Restart the Tweaks tool and your new themes should be available.

    Tested on Debian.