I can't figure out how to change this stupid black cursor into the theme I've downloaded. It shows up in Ubuntu Tweak, but selecting it does absolutely nothing. What should I do?
1 Answer
The following method works for me !
In the following method, I use the cursor theme OpenZone_Black
as an example.
Extract you downloaded theme to
~/.icons
or/usr/share/icons/
(I choose/usr/share/icons/
in the example)sudo tar -xv -f ~/Downloads/OpenZone/OpenZone_Black-1.2.3.tar.xz -C /usr/share/icons/
Copy the
cursor.theme
file under the system cursor theme folder(likeDMZ-White
) to your downloaded theme folder.sudo cp -a /usr/share/icons/DMZ-White/cursor.theme /usr/share/icons/OpenZone_Black/
open your copied
cursor.theme
, and change the line to[Icon Theme] Inherits=OpenZone_Black
Execute the following command in the same terminal at a time:
record your downloaded theme
CURSOR=OpenZone_Black
add to
alternative x-cursor-theme
:sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme x-cursor-theme /usr/share/icons/$CURSOR/cursor.theme 20
change the cursor theme
sudo update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme
now select the cursor theme.