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For Ubuntu Karmic users
First edit /etc/apt/sources.list file
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
add the following lines
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bisigi/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/bisigi/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
Save and exit the file
add the GPG key using the following command
gpg
--keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371--recv-key 881574DE && gpg -a--export 881574DE | sudo apt-key add --
Or simply use the following command
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bisigi
Update the source list using the following command
sudo aptitude update
Install all the themes using the following command
sudo aptitude install zgegblog-themes
or click on the following link
This will install the following themes
Showtime for Gnome
Balanzan
Infinity
Wild shine
Exotic
Tropical
Bamboo Zen
Ubuntu sunrise
Aqua Dreams
If you want to install above themes separately use the following commands
sudo aptitude install showtime-theme
sudo aptitude install balanzan-theme
sudo aptitude install infinity-theme
sudo aptitude install wild-shine-theme
sudo aptitude install exotic-theme
sudo aptitude install tropical-theme
sudo aptitude install bamboo-zen-theme
sudo aptitude install ubuntu-sunrise-theme
sudo aptitude install aquadreams-theme
Remove Themes
If you want to remove full package use the following command
sudo aptitude remove zgegblog-themes
If you want to remove each theme use the following syntax
sudo aptitude remove themename
Note :- themename is showtime-theme,balanzan-theme etc
About time to! These are brilliant themes that aren’t trying to be Mac or Windows – they show off Ubuntu and Gnome as an operating system and desktop in their own right!
Brilliant themes!
keyserver receive failed
let me know how to proceed
thanks
Themes look great and unique, Karmic should popularize itself to stop the lame windows heard following
Thanks, these are all very nice!
Remember that in karmic you can just do:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bisigi
To add the repository, this works fine, and add the keys and everything you need, I guess you have to do sudo apt-get update before installing a package from this new ppa
Thanks for sharing! These are nice themes indeed!
These themes look great!
But trying to execute:
$sudo aptitude install zgegblog-themes
I get several packages (only theme related) that will be installed and also that:
The following packages will be REMOVED:
gnome-mount{u} libgmyth0{u} libmysqlclient15off{u} libpolkit-gnome0{u}
linux-headers-2.6.31-11{u} linux-headers-2.6.31-11-generic{u}
policykit-gnome{u}
When I run
$sudo apt-get update
$sudo apt-get upgrade
no packages install/remove/upgrade, so I guess my system is up to date.
I don’t think that i should remove the previous packages.Anyone has the same problem??
@jason
Can you post the output of running:
lsb_release -a
Also try using “aptitude” instead of “apt-get” since “aptitude” is the superior replacement for apt-get. “aptitude why gnome-mount” will show the reason that the gnome-mount package is installed in terms of dependencies.
How do I get the login themes to work?
I get no response from the key server. I run into this issue quite often as of late. Could this be due to large crowds heeding the call to update?
V
Most likely. Everything is super slow right now.
I don’t believe the GDM themes can be applied with Karmic; that option was removed.
~Bill
@Ken
Thanks for your reply!
Aptitude didn’t work either, so I had to download the tar.gz sources from Bisigi Project website and install them through appearance menu without problem.
Terminal gives:
jason@jason-laptop:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
Codename: karmic
I hope all upgrades from alpha6 to final went right.Do you think I need a clean install?
@jason
apt-get and aptitude will remove programs that have the following two characteristics:
1. Packages that were not manually installed (installed by specifying exactly that program)
2. Packages that were installed by being dependencies of a package in the past but are currently no longer dependencies.
While upgrading from Karmic Alpha 6 some dependency changes probably occurred causing packages to meet those qualifications. You could try using the “System->Administration->Computer Janitor” menu option to clean up or you might want to reinstall from the official release.
how do i get the theme to work..pl help
I wan getting gpg error while adding the gpg key , but it was solved after I issued the problem in ubuntuforums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8226820#post8226820
Thanks a lot for your work, these really are impressive.
Terrific Themes!
Thanks for your efforts.
Wow!!! Thanx a lot. Now I love my Ubuntu more.
please somebody would tell me how do i get these themes working? what should i do?
Great themes! Thanks a lot for posting this! 🙂
Thanks for the themes. Will the source for these themes going to add more?
Great looking themes thank you the themes for 9.10 are worse then themes from before.
I followed all the steps to install those themes from repository and it seems all are installed. Now, I don’t really know how to make use of them because nothing really changed after I installed all themes. I tried to look for the new themes in the Theme Tab on my background panel, they are not there either. Sorry for this noob questioon, but hopefully, anyone could help me out with this.
Looking Good!
Downloading now!
THx bro, i like it hehe
huge thumbs up………….
hope to see more theme soon!!!!!!!
Nice. I’m using the Exotic theme with the Showtime background ^^
I tried to install all of these and got this error message:
leah@dinosaursss:~$ sudo aptitude install balanzan-theme
E: Type ‘Did’ is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: Type ‘Did’ is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
E: Type ‘Did’ is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list
E: The list of sources could not be read.
I have no clue what I did wrong! Help?
These are all great options. It’s amazing how something so small can make such a huge difference. My favorite is the infinity theme.
By the way, does anyone know where the wallpapers for the themes are store? I’d like to save them for future use.