Re: How do I Install a Theme Into GDM

[Bryon Adams]

On 10/19/2016 04:38 PM, Stephen Morris wrote:
> Hi,
> I have downloaded several themes from Gnome-looks.org for GDM, but I
>
> can't find any documentation on the net for installing the theme (not
> just the background picture) that actually works for F24. I've found
> lots of documentation for updating the default background, but none of
> that documentation is valid on my system as either the specified picture
> file doesn't exist in the directory specified or the specified directory
> doesn't exist. The files I've downloaded are tar.gz files which
> Gnome-tweak won't accept as being Gnome-shell theme files (I've found
> lots of doco on the net when searching for updating GDM themes that talk
> about configuring Gnome Shell).
> Does anyone have any ideas on where I need to put the extracted
>
> directories and how I tell GDM which of those themes to use?
>
> regards,
>
> Steve
>
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Hi Steve,
     I believe you just need to dump them into "/usr/share/themes/" if 
you want everyone on the system to have access. Otherwise it should just 
be "~/.themes/" or "~/.local/share/themes/"
     I just put the one I use into "/usr/share/themes/" since I don't 
usually install things for single users. After that you need to fire up 
gnome-tweak-tool (if it was already open, close and re-open it) and 
select your new theme from the various drop downs in the Appearance tab.

Cheers,
   Bryon