how to set icons and theme from terminal?

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Is there a way to set active icon theme and GTK theme from a terminal?

I would like to write a script that installs and sets everything up the way i like it on a fresh install.

makim · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-02 01:13:21Z

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Should work with gsettings try these commands...

Change GTK-Theme:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme "CoolestThemeOnEarth"

Change Icon-Theme:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme 'MyIconTheme'

Change Window-Theme:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences theme "CoolestThemeOnEarth"

answered Mar 2, 2013 at 1:13

makim

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Aah should have thought about that, thank you. btw do you know the difference between gconftool-2 and gsettings?
– Kempe
Mar 2, 2013 at 7:59
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You´re welcome :-) GConf is obsolete. It is the older GNOME 2.x configuration API and system, and has been replaced by DConf/GSettings in newer versions. However, some applications still use it. GSettings is a GLib implementation of DConf, which stores its data in a binary database. The gsettings command line tool is simply a tool to access or modify settings via the GSettings API, in the same way that the older gconftool command line tool is for GConf.
– makim
Mar 2, 2013 at 9:33
Howto get the options available from each property?
– momo2047
Apr 14, 2017 at 16:04
Does this work on other desktop enviromnents?
– person the human
Jan 10, 2022 at 0:02
Some applications still use older GConf so this answer is incomplete, because these older applications are not affected by gsettings commands at all. If you want to post a complete answer, you would have to add gconftool-2 alternatives for your gsettings command?
– 71GA
Mar 16, 2022 at 11:23

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