how do i install a theme for kde?

[craig1]

i've looked around the NHF's and have beenr eaind posts on this board and others on how to do this. nothing has helped so far.

i downloaded mosfet's liquid theme for kde. last night i uncompressed it and compiled it. now i have a folder in /home/user for the theme. when i try to use it through control center > look and feel > theme manager. it doens't see the theme file. i've checked manually and it is in there.

[craig1]

anyone :confused:

[craig1]

i unpacked the newest version of this and ran ./configure and here's what i got. do i have any errors?

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for -p flag to install... yes
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for executable suffix...
checking for object suffix... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking whether g++ supports -fno-exceptions... yes
checking whether g++ supports -fno-check-new... yes
checking whether g++ supports -fexceptions... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking whether g++ supports -frepo... yes
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependant libraries... pass_all
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
finding the maximum length of command line arguments... 73729
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions ... yes
checking whether the linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... ok
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking whether a program can dlopen itself... yes
checking whether a statically linked program can dlopen itself... no
creating libtool
updating cache /dev/null
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
ltcf-cxx: with_gcc=yes ; with_gnu_ld=yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if g++ static flag -static works... yes
finding the maximum length of command line arguments... 73729
checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if g++ supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions ... yes
checking whether the linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... ok
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking whether a program can dlopen itself... no
appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
checking for msgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for gmsgfmt... /usr/bin/msgfmt
checking for xgettext... /usr/bin/xgettext
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for main in -lutil... yes
checking for main in -lcompat... no
checking for crypt in -lcrypt... yes
checking for socklen_t... socklen_t
checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet... no
checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet_stub... no
checking for inet_ntoa... yes
checking for connect... yes
checking for remove... yes
checking for shmat... yes
checking for res_init... no
checking for killpg in -lucb... no
checking for int... yes
checking size of int... 4
checking for long... yes
checking size of long... 4
checking for char *... yes
checking size of char *... 4
checking for char... yes
checking size of char... 1
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking for shl_unload in -ldld... no
checking for X... libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include
checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... yes
checking for libXext... yes
checking for Xinerama... no
checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes
checking for extra includes... no
checking for extra libs... no
checking for libz... -lz
checking for libpng... -lpng -lz -lm
checking for libjpeg6b... no
checking for libjpeg... -ljpeg
checking for Qt... libraries /usr/lib/qt3-gcc2.96/lib, headers /usr/lib/qt3-gcc2
.96/include using -mt
checking if Qt compiles without flags... no
checking for moc... /usr/lib/qt3-gcc2.96/bin/moc
checking for uic... /usr/lib/qt3-gcc2.96/bin/uic
checking whether uic supports -L ... yes
checking whether uic supports -nounload ... yes
checking if Qt needs -ljpeg... no
checking for rpath... yes
checking for KDE... libraries /usr/lib, headers /usr/include/kde
checking for KDE paths... defaults
checking for dcopidl... /usr/bin/dcopidl
checking for dcopidl2cpp... /usr/bin/dcopidl2cpp
checking for mcopidl... /usr/bin/mcopidl
checking for artsc-config... /usr/bin/artsc-config
checking for kde-config... /usr/bin/kde-config
checking for meinproc... /usr/bin/meinproc
checking for setenv... yes
checking for unsetenv... yes
checking if colorscheme should be compiled... yes
checking if kcmliquid should be compiled... yes
checking if kwin-engine should be compiled... yes
checking if splash should be compiled... yes
checking if widget-engine should be compiled... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
fast creating ./Makefile
fast creating colorscheme/Makefile
fast creating kcmliquid/Makefile
fast creating kwin-engine/Makefile
fast creating kwin-engine/liquid_default/Makefile
fast creating kwin-engine/liquid_mack/Makefile
fast creating kwin-engine/liquid_old/Makefile
fast creating splash/Makefile
fast creating widget-engine/Makefile
config.status: creating config.h

[mdwatts]

All is fine... Continue on.

[craig1]

ok i've unpacked the tar ball and compiled using "make install" immediately after ./configure as per directions on the website. now when i goto apply the theme its not there. what am i doing wrong? do i need to restart the x session or reboot?

[mdwatts]

I've posted this same reply twice in the past few days.

./configure --prefix=/path/to/kde

Mine would be

./configure --prefix=/opt/kde3

Liquid has to be installed in the main KDE directory for the KDE Control Center to be able to find all the files.

env

will show you your KDE path.

[bpotts]

I had the same problem and here is the exact commands I ran. Note: Liquid them will not be under "themes" in the control panel. It's under its own category call "liquid theme" under "look & feel"

./configure --with-qt-dir="/usr/lib/qt3"

make install prefix=/usr

I had trouble doing the regular ./configure and make install but this worked perfect for me!

Got this from www.kde-look.org under the forum section when you go to download the theme...

Not sure what all it does (though I have an idea) but it worked...

[craig1]

thanks