Ubuntu – Ubuntu 14.04.1 – Unity Tweak Tool not working

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I've been trying to use Unity Tweak Tool to apply the Numix icon and GTK themes, but it won't work at all.

The only thing I've even done in Ubuntu after installing it is just using Compiz to make the top bar transparent. Would this cause it?

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Have same problem over here, tried with suggestion from http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2205981&page=2

After dist-upgrade, mostly seem to work.

Copied answer from thread:

sudo apt-get purge unity-tweak-tool
remove ppa if installed in repository
delete the contents of "var/cache/apt/archives/"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
install unity-tweak-tool from Software Center

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Ubuntu – Unity-Tweak-Tool is not starting from Ubuntu Dash

I assume you mean "Launcher".

Right click the Unity-Tweak-Tool icon on Launcher and select "Unlock from Launcher"
Launch it from Terminal
Right click the Unity-Tweak-Tool icon on Launcher and select "Lock to Launcher"

This icon now should allow you to launch it from Launcher.

Please also make sure that you have properly installed it by following these steps:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freyja-dev/unity-tweak-tool-daily 
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool

Source: www.iloveubuntu.net/unity-tweak-tool-002-adds-new-features

Ubuntu – Themes not visible in Unity Tweak Tool

After extracting the archive, you'll find Aurora and Dark Aurora folders there. You have to put them in either ~/.local/share/themes or /usr/share/themes directory.

However, I saw that they don't appear in Unity Tweak Tool. The solution is using Gnome Tweak Tool to set the theme.

To install it -

sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool

Open and set the theme from Appearance Section.

Update after further information It appeared OP's .local folder was owned by root. To get the ownership use sudo chown -r your-user-name ~/.local before copying the theme folder. Then use cp without using sudo.

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