All Swar Themes: A Pack Of 12 GTK3 Themes In Different Colors - Ubuntu 11.10/12.04

All Swar Themes is a pack containing 12 GTK3 themes available in different colors. In this tutorial we will help you install all of them under a system running Ubuntu 11.10/12.04 or older. These themes can be used with Unity and Gnome Shell. The different themes can be enabled using Gnome Tweak Tool or use simply the commands given below.

All Swar Themes Installation

To install the All Swar Themes pack, open the terminal and run these commands:

cd /tmp && wget -O ALL-Swar-Themes.tar.gz http://goo.gl/mJwFe


mkdir ~/.themes


tar -xzvf ALL-Swar-Themes.tar.gz -C ~/.themes

Enable now the different themes with the following commands:

1. Swar-Black (this is my favorite):

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Swar-Black'


gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'Swar-Black'

2. Swar-Black-OrangeBase:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Swar-Black-OrangeBase'


gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'Swar-Black-OrangeBase'

3. Swar-Blue:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Swar-Blue'


gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'Swar-Blue'

4. Swar-Crimson:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Swar-Crimson'


gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'Swar-Crimson'

5. Swar-Green:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Swar-Green'


gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'Swar-Green'

6. Swar-Light-Blue:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Swar-Light-Blue'


gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'Swar-Light-Blue'

7. Swar-Orange:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Swar-Orange'


gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'Swar-Orange'

8. Swar-Pink:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Swar-Pink'


gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'Swar-Pink'

9. Swar-Purple:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Swar-Purple'


gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'Swar-Purple'

10. Swar-Purple-Pink:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Swar-Purple-Pink'


gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'Swar-Purple-Pink'

11. Swar-Red:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Swar-Red'


gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'Swar-Red'

12. Swar-Yellow-Gold:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Swar-Yellow-Gold'


gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'Swar-Yellow-Gold'

Credits for these themes go here.

Enjoy!