{"id":6667,"date":"2017-04-05T16:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6667"},"modified":"2017-04-05T16:00:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T16:00:05","slug":"install-arc-theme-kde-plasma-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/04\/install-arc-theme-kde-plasma-5\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Arc KDE Theme in Plasma 5 Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/kde-icon2.jpg\" alt=\"KDE Plasma 5.8\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5897\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For those who want to install the popular GTK theme &#8216;Arc&#8217; in KUbuntu. There&#8217;s an open-source port for Plasma 5 desktop with a few additions and extras called <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/PapirusDevelopmentTeam\/arc-kde\" target=\"_blank\">Arc KDE<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The KDE port includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aurorae Themes<\/li>\n<li>Konsole Color Schemes<\/li>\n<li>Konversation Themes<\/li>\n<li>Kvantum Themes<\/li>\n<li>Plasma Color Schemes<\/li>\n<li>Plasma Desktop Themes<\/li>\n<li>Plasma Look-and-Feel Settings<\/li>\n<li>Wallpapers<\/li>\n<li>Yakuake Skins<\/li>\n<li>Extra tools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/preview-arc-dark.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/preview-arc-dark-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"Ark Dark for Plasma \" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/preview-arc-dark-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/preview-arc-dark-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/preview-arc-dark-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/preview-arc-dark.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/preview-arc.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/preview-arc-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"Arc KDE\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/preview-arc-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/preview-arc-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/preview-arc-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/preview-arc.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To install the theme in KUbuntu 16.04, KUbuntu 16.10, KUbuntu 17.04, open terminal emulator and run following commands one by one:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Run command to add the official Arc-KDE PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:papirus\/arc-kde<\/pre>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then update and install the theme as well as Kvantum engine.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install arc-kde kvantum<\/pre>\n<p>For better looking, after apply the new desktop theme run <code>kvantummanager<\/code> to choose and apply Arc Dark Transparent (or another) theme.<\/p>\n<p>For a more consistent and beautiful experience, install <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/PapirusDevelopmentTeam\/papirus-icon-theme\" target=\"_blank\">Papirus icon theme<\/a> via commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:papirus\/papirus\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install papirus-icon-theme<\/pre>\n<p>Tip: to fix the color of the menubar on Arc Dark GTK theme, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo sh ~\/.local\/share\/plasma\/desktoptheme\/Arc-Dark\/fix-menubar.sh<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those who want to install the popular GTK theme &#8216;Arc&#8217; in KUbuntu. There&#8217;s an open-source port for Plasma 5 desktop with a few additions and extras called Arc KDE. The KDE port includes: Aurorae Themes Konsole Color Schemes Konversation Themes Kvantum Themes Plasma Color Schemes Plasma Desktop Themes Plasma Look-and-Feel Settings Wallpapers Yakuake Skins [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1431],"class_list":["post-6667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-arc-theme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}