I recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 (new install). I would like to use the Adwaita theme with Unity, but it seems that it is not available in the theme selection dialog. I know I get it there after installing gnome-shell, but is there a way to use Adwaita theme for Unity without installing gnome-shell?
Ubuntu – Can I use the Adwaita theme in Unity without installing GNOME shell
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Download a theme>extract it>Inside it should have something similar to this:
As you can see there's a gtk-3.0 and a metacity-1 folder. These two folders should be in: /home/user/.themes/.
Then open up Gnome Tweak Tool>go to Theme>Window theme>Scroll down to the theme you want.
Log out, and done.
You can try creating a script which you set to execute at each starts where you recognize which DE you are using and switch the theme in base of what you are running
Best Answer
You can try running
sudo apt-get install gnome-themes-standard, or you can just click this button:Or you can download this .deb which contains the theme also link