{"id":9432,"date":"2019-10-14T14:31:30","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T14:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9432"},"modified":"2019-10-14T14:31:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T14:31:30","slug":"install-gnome-shell-themes-ubuntu-18-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/10\/install-gnome-shell-themes-ubuntu-18-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Gnome Shell Themes in Ubuntu 19.10, 18.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/classic-gnome-icon.png\" alt=\"gnome shell\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5741\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This quick tutorial shows how to install Gnome Shell themes in Ubuntu 19.10 \/ Ubuntu 18.04, which change the <b>appearance of Gnome panel<\/b>, <b>system tray menu<\/b>, <b>notification pops<\/b>, etc.<\/p>\n<p>In the default Gnome desktop, you can easily change the themes of application window, mouse cursor, and icons using <b>Gnome Tweaks<\/b> tool.<\/p>\n<p><b>Gnome Tweaks<\/b> (<i>install it via Ubuntu Software<\/i>) also offers option for Shell theme, which is not enabled by default. And here&#8217;s how to enable the functionality.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9434\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/trasparent-shelltheme.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9434\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/trasparent-shelltheme-600x348.jpg\" alt=\"Gnome Shell Transparent Theme\" width=\"600\" height=\"348\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/trasparent-shelltheme-600x348.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/trasparent-shelltheme-450x261.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/trasparent-shelltheme-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/trasparent-shelltheme.jpg 845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gnome Shell Transparent Theme<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Enable Shell Theme Option in Gnome Tweaks:<\/h4>\n<p>Shell Themes select-box is greyed out by default in Gnome Tweaks. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/shell-theme-noenabled-600x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"232\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/shell-theme-noenabled-600x232.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/shell-theme-noenabled-450x174.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/shell-theme-noenabled-768x298.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/shell-theme-noenabled.jpg 973w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To enable it, simply open <i>Ubuntu Software<\/i>, search for and install <code>user themes extension<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/install-userthemes-600x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"229\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/install-userthemes-600x229.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/install-userthemes-450x172.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/install-userthemes.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Install Gnome Shell Themes:<\/h4>\n<p><b>1.)<\/b> Download the theme tarball from the web. There are many Gnome Shell themes available on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gnome-look.org\/browse\/cat\/134\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gnome-look.org<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deviantart.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">deviantart.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>2.)<\/b> Open <b>Files<\/b> (Nautilus file browser) and press <b>Ctrl+H<\/b> to view all hidden file folders.<\/p>\n<p>Check if <b>.themes<\/b> folder exist in user home directory, if not create one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/themesfolder-450x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"242\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/themesfolder-450x242.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/themesfolder-600x323.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/themesfolder.jpg 658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>3.)<\/b> Extract the previous downloaded themes, and put the theme folders into <b>.themes<\/b> directory.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/extactuserthemes-600x317.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"317\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/extactuserthemes-600x317.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/extactuserthemes-450x238.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/extactuserthemes.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>4.)<\/b> Finally open or re-open <b>Gnome Tweaks<\/b> and apply an user theme from Appearance tab.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/choose-shelltheme-600x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/choose-shelltheme-600x240.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/choose-shelltheme-450x180.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/choose-shelltheme-768x308.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/choose-shelltheme.jpg 968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This quick tutorial shows how to install Gnome Shell themes in Ubuntu 19.10 \/ Ubuntu 18.04, which change the appearance of Gnome panel, system tray menu, notification pops, etc. In the default Gnome desktop, you can easily change the themes of application window, mouse cursor, and icons using Gnome Tweaks tool. Gnome Tweaks (install it [&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":[1815,1816],"class_list":["post-9432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-gnome-shell-theme","tag-install-gnome-shell-theme"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9432","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=9432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}