Where has the .themes folder gone?

Question

I'm now running 13.04 and wanted to install some of my favourite themes, but found that the folder .themes was just missing. Does it work to just make the folder?

That folder is never created by default the user has to create it. — Uri Herrera, May 20 '13 at 17:46

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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Yes.

Create the folder .themes in your $HOME if you don't find one.

edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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answered May 20 '13 at 17:51

Mahesh

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It still doesn't work. – MadTux May 20 '13 at 17:52
What doesn't work? – Uri Herrera May 20 '13 at 17:55
@UriHerrera The themes don't show on Gnome Tweak tool, Ubuntu Tweak or Unity Tweak Tool :( – MadTux May 20 '13 at 18:00
Are you sure it's the correct folder structure?: ~/.themes/THEME/gtk-2.0, gtk-3.0, metacity, index.theme – Uri Herrera May 20 '13 at 18:02
@UriHerrera I just dragged the .tar.gz to .themes. It has always worked before. – MadTux May 20 '13 at 18:02
Before? do you mean in Gnome 2?. In Gnome 3.x you have to extract the contents of the compressed files. – Uri Herrera May 20 '13 at 18:11
@UriHerrera In 12.10 - both unity. – MadTux May 20 '13 at 18:12
I'm 100 % sure it has never worked this way. – Uri Herrera May 20 '13 at 18:14
@UriHerrera It has with me :P – MadTux May 20 '13 at 18:15
let us continue this discussion in chat – MadTux May 20 '13 at 18:15

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 29 '13 at 22:43

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Try

/usr/share/themes

at least thats where I found mine.

Hope you find this useful.

answered Jul 29 '13 at 22:43

mojo706

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 30 '13 at 01:02

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You can try to install the themes in /usr/share/themes but you need root. Or you can install them in ~/.themes if that Dir doesn't exist them make it! Also, make sure it is a folder not a file like .zip, .tar, .tar.gz, ect...

answered Jul 30 '13 at 01:02

MathCubes

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Where has the .themes folder gone?

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