Hi everyone,
I’m trying to understand how to manually install global themes from the KDE Store. From what I’ve read, each downloaded theme file should be placed into a specific folder, but is that always the case?
I’ve searched on YouTube, but most tutorials only show a single example that works almost instantly. However, when I try to install more diverse or complex themes, those same steps don’t seem to apply.
Could you share any beginner-friendly guides or resources that explain this more clearly?
Thanks in advance!
the best thing to do is study the install.sh for the theme to see where it is going to put everything.
you can usually find this by going to the source link and looking thru the git repository for the item for any files that say install.sh then open that in a text editor to see what it’s doing.
Global Themes don’t actually contain the actual theme components, such as the style, color scheme, etc. So you would still need to install all those bits as well when manually downloading and installing these.
You can look inside or extract the contents of downloaded file using Ark and see what things it is using, as well as any layouts and other config files it might have. There is a metadata file that will list the components.
Also, some require the third party Kvantum engine, and/or a different window decoration that might need to be sourced in a package for your distro, or compiled. These can’t be installed via the normal theme install mechanism since they are executables.
Some Global Theme creators, assemblers, or whatever you want to call them do list some of the things needed, but many do not.
Here is one example that does lists some things:
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