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README.md |
Arc Theme
Arc is a flat theme with transparent elements for GTK 3, GTK 2 and GNOME Shell which supports GTK 3 and GTK 2 based desktop environments like GNOME, Unity, Pantheon, Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon (>=3.4) etc.
The NicoHood/arc-theme repository is a soft-fork of the upstream horst3180/arc-theme repository. Its aim is to continue the maintenance of arc-theme. The two maintainers are the Arch-Linux and Debian & Ubuntu packaging maintainers.
It is strongly encouraged to submit pull-requests to suggest fixes and enhancements.
Arc is available in three variants
Arc
Arc-Darker
Arc-Dark
Installation
Packages
Distro | Package Name/Link |
---|---|
Arch Linux | arc-gtk-theme , gtk-theme-arc-git (AUR) |
Debian Testing/Unstable | arc-theme |
Fedora | arc-theme |
Gentoo/Funtoo | x11-themes/arc-theme from the Scriptkitties Overlay |
Solus | arc-gtk-theme |
Ubuntu 16.10 - 18.04 | arc-theme |
Ubuntu 16.04 - 18.04 | arc-theme from fossfreedom/arc-gtk-theme-daily |
AUR Note: If you're having trouble with the AUR packages please email the package maintainer at zach@zach-adams.com before creating an issue.
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Manual Installation
To build the theme the follwing packages are required
autoconf
automake
sassc
(not for Ubuntu 16.04 - this distro assumes you have compiled with gulp)pkg-config
orpkgconfig
for Fedoralibgtk-3-dev
for Debian based distros orgtk3-devel
for RPM based distrosgit
to clone the source directory
Note: For distributions which don't ship separate development packages, just the GTK 3 package is needed instead of the -dev
packages.
For the theme to function properly, install the following
- GNOME Shell 3.18 - 3.26, GTK 3.18 - 3.22
- The
gnome-themes-standard
package - The murrine engine. This has different names depending on the distro.
gtk-engine-murrine
(Arch Linux)gtk2-engines-murrine
(Debian, Ubuntu, elementary OS)gtk-murrine-engine
(Fedora)gtk2-engine-murrine
(openSUSE)gtk-engines-murrine
(Gentoo)
Install the theme with the following commands
1. Get the source
Clone the git repository with
git clone https://github.com/horst3180/arc-theme --depth 1 && cd arc-theme
2. Build and install the theme
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
sudo make install
Other options to pass to autogen.sh are
--disable-transparency disable transparency in the GTK3 theme
--disable-light disable Arc Light support
--disable-darker disable Arc Darker support
--disable-dark disable Arc Dark support
--disable-cinnamon disable Cinnamon support
--disable-gnome-shell disable GNOME Shell support
--disable-gtk2 disable GTK2 support
--disable-gtk3 disable GTK3 support
--disable-metacity disable Metacity support
--disable-unity disable Unity support
--disable-xfwm disable XFWM support
--with-gnome=<version> build the theme for a specific GNOME version (3.18, 3.20, 3.22)
Note 1: Normally the correct version is detected automatically and this
option should not be needed.
Note 2: For GNOME 3.24 and 3.26, use --with-gnome-version=3.22
(this works for now, the build system will be improved in the future)
--with-custom=<script> run the executable script file in the custom subfolder
After the installation is complete the theme can be activated with gnome-tweak-tool
or a similar program by selecting Arc
, Arc-Darker
or Arc-Dark
as Window/GTK+ theme and Arc
or Arc-Dark
as GNOME Shell/Cinnamon theme.
If the --disable-transparency
option was used, the theme will be installed as Arc-solid
, Arc-Darker-solid
and Arc-Dark-solid
.
Uninstall
Run
sudo make uninstall
from the cloned git repository, or
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/themes/{Arc,Arc-Darker,Arc-Dark}
Extras
Arc KDE
A port of Arc for the Plasma 5 desktop with a few additions and extras. Available here.
Arc icon theme
The Arc icon theme is available at https://github.com/horst3180/arc-icon-theme
Plank theme
To install the Plank theme, copy the extra/Arc-Plank
folder to ~/.local/share/plank/themes
or to /usr/share/plank/themes
for system-wide use.
Now open the Plank preferences window by executing plank --preferences
from a terminal and select Arc-Plank
as the theme.
Arc-Dark for Ubuntu Software Center
The Arc Dark theme for the Ubuntu Software Center by mervick can be installed from here. It solves readability issues with Arc Dark and the Ubuntu Software Center.
Troubleshooting
If you get artifacts like black or invisible backgrounds under Unity, disable overlay scrollbars with
gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal
Bugs
If you find a bug, please report it at https://github.com/horst3180/arc-theme/issues
License
Arc is available under the terms of the GPL-3.0. See COPYING
for details.
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Screenshot Details: Icons: Arc | Launcher Icons based on White Pixel Icons | Wallpaper | Font: Futura Bk bt