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Is there any way, how I can install PAW-Ubuntu plymouth theme on ubuntu 16.04? Please help me with this.

Tanvir Faysal Ratul
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Plymouth theme folders seem to have changed in 16.04 (compared to 14.04). Previously they were in /lib/plymouth/themes; now they are in /usr/share/plymouth/themes. Even though themes installed in the old folders are listed as installed (sudo update-alternatives --list default.plymouth), they don’t seem to work properly.

The .deb file for this theme (assuming you mean this version) assumes the old folders so you will need to open it using Archive Manager, then open the data.tar.gz file inside it. Drill down until you get to the paw folder and extract it somewhere.

Open paw/paw.plymouth in a text editor and change these lines…

[script]
ImageDir=/lib/plymouth/themes/paw
ScriptFile=/lib/plymouth/themes/paw/paw.script

…to…

[script]
ImageDir=/usr/share/plymouth/themes/paw
ScriptFile=/usr/share/plymouth/themes/paw/paw.script

Open a terminal in the folder where you extracted the paw folder and copy it:

sudo cp -a paw /usr/share/plymouth/themes

Next ‘install’ it:

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/share/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /usr/share/plymouth/themes/paw/paw.plymouth 100

Then choose it:

sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
sudo update-initramfs -u

To test (change number of seconds at I<10):

sudo plymouthd ; sudo plymouth --show-splash ; for ((I=0; I<10; I++)); do sleep 1 ; sudo plymouth --update=test$I ; done ; sudo plymouth --quit
Moilleadóir
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  • What is the reason for the 'for' loop? – Gabriel Sandoval Feb 15 '22 at 21:38
  • I think I copied that code from somewhere. It looks like you could just use $I after sleep without the loop, but bash scripting doesn’t always work out they way you’d expect. I have a vague memory that it didn’t work without the loop. I haven’t used Ubuntu on my main PC in a few years, but I’d be surprised if this was still valid. – Moilleadóir Feb 18 '22 at 01:05