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SoNiCfReAk
08-02-2002, 01:36 AM
Hey, when I try to install an ICON theme in the look & feel menu by point it to the index.desktop file of the icons I want to install, it does nothing ??
Okie
08-02-2002, 10:35 AM
depends on the distro, in Redhat and probably most all distros, i can take some icons (in redhat) and put them in /usr/share/icons and then be able to use them, as far as a theme i never bothered with themes, i allways just hunt down a cool wallpaper for my desktop and select it manually and the same with icons selecting it manually is how i do it...
Hayl
08-02-2002, 10:47 AM
When I install icon themes in KDE3, I use the .tar.gz file, not the index.desktop.

I don't think the index.desktop file works for adding a new theme.
Hayl
08-02-2002, 10:48 AM
btw, by using the tar.gz file, the theme will get installed to:

~/.kde/share/icons/ThemeName
SoNiCfReAk
10-15-2002, 05:02 PM
I cant find the directory ~/.kde/share/icons/

Somebody please help!!
kemical
10-16-2002, 04:29 AM
How to install an new icon theme


Open the KDE-Menu an start the Control Center
Click on "Look and Feel" and "Icons"
Browse to the location of the new icon theme by clicking the small folder button
Click on "Install New Theme" to add the new icons
Click "Apply"
Have fun! :-)

taken from -

http://www.kde-look.org/help/howto.php?type=22

check that link for further reference ..
mborrill
10-16-2002, 08:04 AM
Originally posted by kemical
How to install an new icon theme


Open the KDE-Menu an start the Control Center
Click on "Look and Feel" and "Icons"
Browse to the location of the new icon theme by clicking the small folder button
Click on "Install New Theme" to add the new icons
Click "Apply"
Have fun! :-)

taken from -

http://www.kde-look.org/help/howto.php?type=22

check that link for further reference ..

That doesnt work !!
kemical
10-16-2002, 08:10 AM
thats probably the theme not setup right then, cause ive done it this way several times and its worked.
jhoegl
10-16-2002, 08:32 AM
Worked great for me. But I did install the Icons a different way.
I installed the icons by searching for "Icons"
It found several folders.
I selected the Icons folder with the path of KDE3, untared the files into the directory, went into the above mentioned program, selected my icon theme, and bam, Im set.

Thanks :)