2

I try to change SMPlayer theme but nothing happens. I installed via official PPA. I installed SMPlayer on another Ubuntu machine too but still can't change theme.

Is there a dependency to install or do SMPlayer themes not work in Ubuntu?

https://preview.ibb.co/b5o4dT/sm.jpg

Zanna
  • 70,465
cotut
  • 41

1 Answers1

2

You need to install the smplayer-themes package too. Open Terminal and run 

sudo apt install smplayer-themes

Then choose a "Style" in Preferences > Interface.

pomsky
  • 68,507
  • it says smplayer-themes is already the newest version (2:17.3.0-1~xenial1 – cotut Jun 09 '18 at 09:57
  • I chose but nothing happens all of themes are same basic theme. When i look themes on internet each of them has different colors. But in my machine all of them same. Style only changes interface icons – cotut Jun 09 '18 at 10:02
  • Yes i am not beginner ubuntu user. For example i tried to apply that theme https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-smplayer-theme theme shows in list but when i apply nothing happens – cotut Jun 09 '18 at 10:08
  • Papirus is an icon theme, and it is a part of the smplayer-themes package now (SMPlayer v16.6 or later). You can choose Papirus in the "Icon set" option. It will just change the icons, not the colour and interface of SMPlayer. – pomsky Jun 09 '18 at 10:12
  • SM Player is a qt app so https://askubuntu.com/questions/1044340/how-to-make-okular-follow-the-system-theme maybe helpful. – DK Bose Jun 09 '18 at 10:25
  • @DKBose True that, but after installing smplayer-themes, one would be able to choose "GTK+" as a "Style" in Preferences > Interface, and it integrates with the system application theme (GTK+ theme) nicely. – pomsky Jun 09 '18 at 10:30
  • You are right @pomsky but it should also change background but in ubuntu nothing happens about background color. When i choose a dark theme icons doesnt appear or same appearance again – cotut Jun 09 '18 at 10:35
  • @cotut As I said before Papirus would only change the icons. If you want to have dark background as in the link you provided you'll have to choose "GTK+" as a "Style" in Preferences > Interface and change your global GTK+ theme to a dark variant. In the screenshot in the link you provided, I suspect the user uses "Arc Dark" GTK+ theme. – pomsky Jun 09 '18 at 10:57
  • 1
    Thanks so much got it. I managed to change background color but themes still not as in internet. I decided use skinnable gui. – cotut Jun 09 '18 at 11:17