How-to install the Nimbus theme in Ubuntu

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

Screenshot

10 Comments

John says:

27/10/2009 at 22:42

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?

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1. Ramoonus says:
  
  28/10/2009 at 10:37
  
  Yes, the repository works for 9.10 also
  
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fernando says:

08/12/2009 at 10:15

thank you very much, my friend, for making me to enjoy this great theme from sun !!!!!

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1. Ramoonus says:
  
  08/12/2009 at 14:33
  
  You`re welcome
  
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Ron says:

21/12/2009 at 20:13

Thank you, this was one of the last pieces missing for in linux mint.

Bedankt 🙂

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birgit says:

25/04/2010 at 21:25

Thank you for the tutorial. It also works in Ubuntu Netbook editinon 10.04.

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1. Ramoonus says:
  
  26/04/2010 at 09:25
  
  Thanks for letting us know.
  
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Branden Mikal says:

23/09/2010 at 19:17

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!

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Cosmo says:

18/03/2011 at 03:33

Installed on Ubuntu 10.10. Works beautifully. Many thanks!

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Asitis says:

10/01/2019 at 04:38

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.

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