Cursor Themes – How to Install and Select Cursor Themes

Go to System settings -> Application appearance (or Workspace appearance).

In some items (Colors, Icons, etc) you have the option to:

• Get new (you can search in a dialog box)
• Import (search a downloaded file and install it)

In other items (Style):

• If it's in the repositories: use synaptics (or similar)
• If it isn't in ther repositories: see if there's a PPA and use it

There are other situations that involve compiling a theme, but that's a longer story.

Open the archive and place its contents in '~/.themes'

'.themes' is located in your home folder. It's a hidden folder that you can make visible by pressing ctrl H.

If you don't have a '.themes' folder; create it.

With this method you are the only user that can use the theme. If you wish to install system-wide use the other answer.