installing themes

[ben miller]

Most likely it's not a GTK theme. Some themes need other programs to
run. It should tell you right on the page whether or not it's a GTK
theme.

On 8/9/07, cj <debiani386 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Lorin Pino wrote:
> > cj wrote:
> >
> >> hi all
> >>
> >> this may seem to be a very stupid question, but i cant figure out how to
> >> install themes at all. no matter what theme i try, it never loads them.
> >> is there a specific theme manager i need to download or something?
> >>
> >> --cj
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > Which version of ubuntu are you running?  And which themes are you
> > trying to install?  That info will let people try to duplicate your
> > problems, if possible.
> > ~Lorin
> >
> >
> im running regular ubuntu 7.04 (i dont know how to make that more specific)
> . im not running KDE, XFCE, or any other fancy stuff. im running Gnome.
>
> the theme im trying to install (from gnome-look.org) is titled "orange-xmms"
>
> it downloads as a tarball
>
> every time i go to load it into the gnome theme thing (system >
> preferences > Theme), it tells me that the file format is invalid.
>
> WHY is it telling me that???!!!!??!
> --cj
>
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