gkrellm skins and synaptic

david nux at blueyonder.co.uk
Tue May 24 19:51:31 UTC 2005


On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 20:02 +0100, david wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 19:50 +0100, david wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 13:19 -0500, Charles Malespin wrote:
> > > Is there a repo that has some gkrellm skins? I am looking for the
> > > invisible skin, but I cant seem to find where/how to get and install it.
> > > I am new to ubuntu so I am still kinda getting used to not using rpms
> > > and things like that. Thanks!
> > > Charles
> > > 
> > > 
> > Go here
> > http://www.muhri.net/gkrellm/
> > Go to bottom of page and in the search window type "invisible".
> > In the page that opens up, right click on the image and choose "save
> > target as".
> > 
> > regards
> > 
> > nux
> 
> Make that "save link as" (apologies).
> Then, copy the .tar.gz file to /home/xxx/.gkrellm/themes (where xxx is
> your user area), then right click on invisible.tar.gz and choose "open
> with archive manager" and click on extract. The path will default to the
> dir you are currently in. This method is easier than using "extract
> here" which extracts everything into an unasked for new folder.
> The theme will now show up in the gkrellm config window.
> 
> nux
> 
> 
Folders that start with a dot (.gkrellm) are hidden from normal view.
When in Home Folder, go to View and then Show Hidden Files to reveal
hidden folders. (There are quite a few). Ctrl + H also does the same.

Sorry if these instructions are a bit disjointed.

nux





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