A Script to Install Some Top GTK Themes in Ubuntu 16.04 & Higher

Want to change the boring default Ubuntu desktop themes? Well, there’s a script allows to easily install a list of the latest version of nice GTK themes.

It supports GTK 3.18 to 3.24, and will install the correct version according to your system. So far, support themes are:

• Adapta
• Arc (Firefox themes: Arc, Arc Darker, Arc Dark)
• Arc-Flatabulous
• Arc-Red
• Breeze
• Candra (GNOME 3.20+ only)
• Ceti-2 (GNOME 3.18 only)
• Cloak (GNOME 3.20+ only)
• DeLorean Dark (GNOME 3.18 only)
• EvoPop
• Flat-Plat
• Flatabulous (GNOME 3.18 only)
• Flattiance (GNOME 3.18 only)
• Fresh-Finesse
• Greybird
• macOS-Sierra
• Minwaita
• Numix
• OSX-Arc Collection
• Paper
• Plano (GNOME 3.20+ only)
• Pop
• Redmond-Themes
• Vertex
• Vimix
• Yosembiance (GNOME 3.18 only)
• Zuki

1. To get the script, open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or searching for “Terminal” from app launcher. When it opens, run command:

sudo apt install git && git clone https://github.com/tliron/install-gnome-themes

2. The command clone the script source into your user root directory. To run the script, simply run command:

~/install-gnome-themes/install-gnome-themes

To avoid rebuilding themes, it will delete installed themes with same names, then install some required libraries, finally download and build the themes one by one in your system:

When everything’s done, launch Gnome Tweak Tool or Unity Tweak Tool and enjoy the new themes by selecting one of them:

via:github