jgd-cobalt-blue

JGD-CobaltBlue is based on the design for JGD-Black. It sports tints of the color Cobalt Blue (hex color #0020c2). GTK 3.20+, GTK 2, and Openbox themes are included with this package.

• Theme homepage at Jason G. Designs

How to Install

1. Download the latest file from the downloads directory
2. Open a Terminal application in Linux
3. Navigate to your Downloads folder in the terminal (usually titled Downloads). Type cd Downloads
4. Type ls and look for jgd-cobaltblue-month-day-year.tar.gz, where month, day and year represent when the file was last updated
5. Untar the file by typing tar -zxvf jgd-cobaltblue-01-01-17.tar.gz, substituting the current version's date numbers
6. type cd again to get to your home folder; type ls -a and see if there is a .themes directory
7. If one does not exist, create one: mkdir .themes
8. cd Downloads
9. cp JGD-CobaltBlue ../.themes

To Install JGD-CobaltBlue globally:

1. Follow steps 1-5 above
2. cd /usr/share/themes
3. sudo cp -r ~/Downloads/JGD-CobaltBlue /usr/share/themes
4. Enter sudo password
5. ls to check that the theme folder is present

To Install on Arch Linux:

JGD-CobaltBlue is available in the Arch User Repository. The easiest way to install it is with a pacman frontend which accesses the AUR, such as Yay.

yay -S jgd-cobaltblue

Once installed, you can use a theme switching application such as LXAppearance or Gnome Tweak Tool to change the theme to JGD-CobaltBlue

How to install the Clearlooks theme engine

JGD-CobaltBlue, like JGD-Black, requires the Clearlooks GTK2 theme engine. To install:

Ubuntu and derivatives:

apt-get install gtk-engines

Arch Linux and derivatives:

sudo pacman -S gtk-engines Note: The GTK3 version of this theme only works in version 3.20 and upwards.