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I just installed KDE and I like it very much and have themed it up a bit. My laptop

Like all that lightblue design, but how do I change the theme for GNOME applications like nautilus or marlin? and also how do I change the gray color of kmess and Chromium and many other apps?

I installed kde with this command

sudo apt-get install kde-full
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  • Are you trying to make GNOME Applications Look Like KDE Applications?
    – Mitch
    May 31, 2012 at 15:38
  • i think so.. :P
    – Jeggy
    May 31, 2012 at 15:56

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Oxygen widget theme for GTK+/GTK3-based applications

The Kubuntu /1/ is using the gtk2-engines-oxygen /2/ and the gtk3-engines-oxygen /3/ as part of the desktop.

If you don't want to use the Kubuntu desktop you could install the gtk2/gtk3 engines.

Installing KDE

By the Ubuntu community wiki - Installing KDE /4/:

If you choose to not install kubuntu-desktop, then you can still get all the Kubuntu-specific tweaks by installing the kubuntu-default-settings package.

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Other options:

PPA package search: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas => A PPA: https://launchpad.net/~hrvojes/+archive/kde-goodies

Links

  1. http://www.kubuntu.org/
  2. http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/gtk2-engines-oxygen
  3. http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/gtk3-engines-oxygen
  4. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingKDE
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  • I just installed them all, kde-full, kubuntu-desktop, kde-plasma-desktop and now it have the same gray color as all others apps. How can i change the color?
    – Jeggy
    May 31, 2012 at 21:28
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In-order to change the theme for gnome applications, see How To Make GNOME Applications Look Like KDE Applications With Oxygen-GTK [Linux].

Use this if you like to use KDE but still keep the GNOME applications.

That is, install the oxygen-gtk package. Then, as the linked page says:

go into your Desktop/System Settings, then Application Appearance, and finally GTK+ Style. Here you need to change the widget style to oxygen-gtk. Hit Apply, and now you can open any GNOME application and see that it visually fits right along all your other applications!

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  • I tried to follow that "how to" but im stuck at installing 'oxygen-gtk' I don't have KPackageKit. and don't know how to get it.
    – Jeggy
    May 31, 2012 at 16:33
  • You can install it using Synaptic Package Manager
    – Mitch
    May 31, 2012 at 17:05

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