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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Most of the work is done inside [solarize.sh](https://github.com/apheleia/solarc
## Requirements
* Gnome/GTK3 3.14 - 3.22
* The `gnome-themes-standard` package
-* The murrine engine. This has different names depending on the distro.
+* The murrine engine. This has different names depending on your distro.
* `gtk-engine-murrine` (Arch Linux)
* `gtk2-engines-murrine` (Debian, Ubuntu, elementary OS)
* `gtk-murrine-engine` (Fedora)
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ If your distributions doesn't ship separate development packages you just need G
Install the theme with the following commands
-#### 1. Get the source
+**1. Get the source**
-Clone the git repository with
+If you want to install the latest version from git, clone the repository with
git clone https://github.com/apheleia/solarc-theme --depth 1 && cd solarc-theme
-#### 2. Build and install the theme
+**2. Build and install the theme**
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
sudo make install
@@ -89,23 +89,19 @@ Other options to pass to autogen.sh are
--disable-unity disable Unity support
--disable-xfwm disable XFWM support
- --with-gnome=<version> build the theme for a specific GNOME version (3.14, 3.16, 3.18, 3.20, 3.22)
- Note 1: Normally the correct version is detected automatically and this
+ --with-gnome=<version> build the theme for a specific Gnome version (3.14, 3.16, 3.18, 3.20)
+ Note: Normally the correct version is detected automatically and this
option should not be needed.
- Note 2: For GNOME 3.24, use --with-gnome-version=3.22
- (this works for now, the build system will be improved in the future)
-After the installation is complete the theme can be activated with `gnome-tweak-tool` or a similar program by selecting `SolArc`, `SolArc-Darker` or `SolArc-Dark` as Window/GTK+ theme and `SolArc` or `SolArc-Dark` as GNOME Shell/Cinnamon theme.
+After the installation is complete you can activate the theme with `gnome-tweak-tool` or a similar program by selecting `SolArc`, `SolArc-Darker` or `SolArc-Dark` as Window/GTK+ theme and `SolArc` or `SolArc-Dark` as Gnome-Shell and Xfce-Notify theme.
-If the `--disable-transparency` option was used, the theme will be installed as `SolArc-solid`, `SolArc-Darker-solid` and `SolArc-Dark-solid`.
-
-## Uninstall
+**Uninstall the theme**
Run
sudo make uninstall
-from the cloned git repository, or
+from the same directory as this README resides in, or
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/themes/{SolArc,SolArc-Darker,SolArc-Dark}
@@ -122,7 +118,6 @@ If you get artifacts like black or invisible backgrounds under Unity, disable ov
gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal
-
## Bug reporting
If you find a bug, please report it at https://github.com/apheleia/solarc-theme/issues