[ SOLVED ] Installing XFCE Themes

[technomancer]

I am going to try this little app, http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/Xfce-Theme-Manager?content=149647
 I will see if/how it works. It would be a great way to simplify the theme issue we all have in Linux in general.

http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/Xfce-Theme-Manager?content=149647

So i began an adventure in installing this tar.gz package (xfce-theme-manager0.3.7 link above), i never done that before........crazy stuff. not simple at all
So I have managed to get the install going, but needed automake1.5, it's not in repository.......I downloaded it and that wont even install because of dependencies that i can't resolve. (I will post terminal output if someone requests it)
I am not sure what i am looking at when it errors, why it happens, or anything. This is definitely way beyond a simple .exe like in windows.
I don’t understand why this is so complicated, just install the package so i can use it LOL
So I will continue my experiments, but the theme manager hasn't been updated in a year. I will contact the developer and see if he is interested in getting
this to work in LinuxLite. This theme manager would be invaluable for Windoze converts/refugees and simplify the entire linux experience.

(*The first complaint i get from everyone is why is changing the theme so difficult and scattered.....i don't have a good answer.
The second is- why this is so complicated, just install the package so i can use it. Yet again i have no answer.
Even if both have an answer, there is no excuse....how can we convert people if simple things are so hard to do ? )
I know i am grossly generalizing, but on the whole- average windows users are not willing to go to these lengths to use software or change settings.
i.e.- in windows, buy software, problem resolved.......usually LOL

If anyone has tried this package let us know. 

[technomancer]

I had lots of trouble downloading then trying to make themes work from the site listed in the help manual.
I have managed to get all the Themes that come with XFCE however, lots to choose from.
Open  -system, add/remove software(synaptic package manager), enter password, type xfce in the search box.
It populates with all the packages relevant, even adds gtk theme support without all the hassle. I hope this helps everyone, better than chasing our tails installing stuff from the internet,
xfce4-goodies is the package name.

Possible  XFCE additions/options-  http://xfce-look.org/ 

I am going to try this little app, http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php/Xfce-Theme-Manager?content=149647
 I will see if/how it works. It would be a great way to simplify the theme issue we all have in Linux in general.

[N4RPS]

Hello!

Thanks for the tip! That one is well worth frocking you a rep point for...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob
 

[technomancer]

I had lots of trouble downloading then trying to make themes work from the site listed in the help manual.
I have managed to get all the Themes that come with XFCE however, lots to choose from.
Open  -system, add/remove software(synaptic package manager), enter password, type xfce in the search box.
It populates with all the packages relevant, even adds gtk theme support without all the hassle. I hope this helps everyone, better than chasing our tails installing stuff from the internet,
xfce4-goodies is the package name.

[Jerry]

Themes in linux are very hit and miss. It's a matter of perseverance until you find one that both works, and you like

[Dana Marsee]

Thanks..I guess those themes just don't work for us. I didn't see anything but the xfwm4 files.  Oh well. Thanks very much for your reply..I'll keep trying themes til I find one that works.
P.S.
I found a theme with gt-2.0 and although it wasn't xfce it worked.
Thanks for your input it led me to a working theme.

[rokytnji]

Might Help. Might Not. https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/index.php?topic=909.0

[Dana Marsee]

I have installed several themes per instruction manual (only xfce) and the themes don't show up in the Appearance section in the Settings Manager...I find them in the Window Manager, but not in the Appearance section.  Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks..