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Arc Theme
This project needs new maintainers to continue. The current maintainers do not have the bandwidth to continue. As such this project has now been put into archive readonly mode. The theme is actively maintained under a separate project at github.com/jnsh/arc-theme.
Arc is a flat theme with transparent elements for GTK 3, GTK 2 and GNOME Shell which supports GTK 3 and GTK 2 based desktop environments like GNOME, Unity, Pantheon, Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon (>=3.4), Budgie Desktop (10.4 for GTK+3.22) etc.
The arc-design/arc-theme repository is a fork of the horst3180/arc-theme repository which as been umaintained since March 2017. Its aim is to continue the maintenance of arc-theme. The two administrators of the project are the Arch-Linux and Debian & Ubuntu packaging maintainers.
It is strongly encouraged to submit pull-requests to suggest fixes and enhancements.
Those that show good quality submissions will be invited to become maintainers.
Arc is available in three variants
Arc
Arc-Darker
Arc-Dark
Installation
Packages
Distro | Package Name/Link |
---|---|
Arch Linux | arc-gtk-theme , arc-solid-gtk-theme |
Debian | arc-theme |
Fedora | arc-theme |
Gentoo/Funtoo | x11-themes/arc-theme from the Scriptkitties Overlay |
Sabayon | arc-theme |
Solus | arc-gtk-theme |
Ubuntu 16.10 and later | arc-theme |
Ubuntu 16.04 and later | arc-theme from fossfreedom/arc-gtk-theme-daily |
FreeBSD | x11-themes/gtk-arc-themes |
Manual Installation
To build the theme the following packages are required
autoconf
automake
sassc
for GTK 3, Cinnamon, or GNOME Shellpkg-config
orpkgconfig
for Fedoragit
to clone the source directoryoptipng
for GTK 2, GTK 3, or XFWMinkscape
for GTK 2, GTK 3, or XFWM
The following packages are optionally required
gnome-shell
for auto-detecting the GNOME Shell versionlibgtk-3-dev
for Debian based distros orgtk3-devel
for RPM based distros, for auto-detecting the GTK3 version
Note: For distributions which don't ship separate development packages, just the GTK 3 package is needed instead of the -dev
packages.
For the theme to function properly, install the following
- GNOME Shell 3.18 - 3.32, GTK 3.18 - 3.24
- The
gnome-themes-extra
package - The murrine engine. This has different names depending on the distro.
gtk-engine-murrine
(Arch Linux)gtk2-engines-murrine
(Debian, Ubuntu, elementary OS)gtk-murrine-engine
(Fedora)gtk2-engine-murrine
(openSUSE)gtk-engines-murrine
(Gentoo)
Install the theme with the following commands
1. Get the source
Clone the git repository with
git clone https://github.com/arc-design/arc-theme --depth 1 && cd arc-theme
2. Build and install the theme
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
sudo make install
Other options to pass to autogen.sh are
--disable-transparency disable transparency in the GTK3 theme
--disable-light disable Arc Light support
--disable-darker disable Arc Darker support
--disable-dark disable Arc Dark support
--disable-cinnamon disable Cinnamon support
--disable-gnome-shell disable GNOME Shell support
--disable-gtk2 disable GTK2 support
--disable-gtk3 disable GTK3 support
--disable-metacity disable Metacity support
--disable-unity disable Unity support
--disable-xfwm disable XFWM support
--disable-plank disable Plank theme support
--disable-openbox disable Openbox support
--with-gnome-shell=<version> build the gnome-shell theme for a specific version
--with-gtk3=<version> build the GTK3 theme for a specific version
Note: Normally the correct version is detected automatically
and these options should not be needed.
After the installation is complete the theme can be activated with gnome-tweak-tool
or a similar program by selecting Arc
, Arc-Darker
or Arc-Dark
as Window/GTK+ theme and Arc
or Arc-Dark
as GNOME Shell/Cinnamon theme.
If the --disable-transparency
option was used, the theme will be installed as Arc-solid
, Arc-Darker-solid
and Arc-Dark-solid
.
Uninstall
Run
sudo make uninstall
from the cloned git repository, or
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/themes/{Arc,Arc-Darker,Arc-Dark}
Extras
Arc KDE
A port of Arc for the Plasma 5 desktop with a few additions and extras. Available here.
Arc icon theme
The Arc icon theme is available at https://github.com/NicoHood/arc-icon-theme
Plank theme
As of version 20180114
the plank theme will be installed along with the normal arc gtk theme. You can disable the install by passing disable-plank
to the autogen command.
Now open the Plank preferences window by executing plank --preferences
from a terminal and select Gtk+
as the theme.
FirefoxColor theme
Arc color palettes for FirefoxColor testpilot project
1.Arc
2.Arc-Dark
Arc-Dark for Ubuntu Software Center
The Arc Dark theme for the Ubuntu Software Center by mervick can be installed from here. It solves readability issues with Arc Dark and the Ubuntu Software Center.
Troubleshooting
If you get artifacts like black or invisible backgrounds under Unity, disable overlay scrollbars with
gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal
Bugs
If you find a bug, please report it at https://github.com/arc-design/arc-theme/issues
License
Arc is available under the terms of the GPL-3.0. See COPYING
for details.
Full Preview
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