This article is the followup of Howto install the Sun Nimbus Theme for Gnome
Nimbus is the OpenSolaris Gnome theme.
This guide demonstrates how to install the Nimbus theme in Ubuntu version 8.04, 8.10 , 9.04 and 9.10.
Install the correct repository key
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 0AAFAD78
Add the repository source to sources.list
sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
And add the following sentence
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/merlwiz79/nimbus/ubuntu/ jaunty main
Update the repositories
sudo apt-get update
Install the Nimbus theme
sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-nimbus nimbus-icon-theme
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10 replies on “How-to install the Nimbus theme in Ubuntu”
Wow, thanks for this tutorial. The Brown theme was really starting to get to me. Canonical should package this alongside Human. Will this repository still work for 9.10?
Yes, the repository works for 9.10 also
thank you very much, my friend, for making me to enjoy this great theme from sun !!!!!
You`re welcome
Thank you, this was one of the last pieces missing for in linux mint.
Bedankt 🙂
Thank you for the tutorial. It also works in Ubuntu Netbook editinon 10.04.
Thanks for letting us know.
I love this theme. I remember it in Fedora but I wanted it in Ubuntu 10.04; so far..it works well and it’s a beautiful addition to my computer.
Thanks!
Installed on Ubuntu 10.10. Works beautifully. Many thanks!
Sir, I love this theme. Would you like to rebuilt if for me to run on Ubuntu 16.04 with kernel 4.4.3.0-31 or give me some guide to do so. Thanks a lot.