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Black Mate Theme for LXDE?
« on: August 05, 2014, 04:33:23 AM »
Hi Biff et al,

Is it at all possible to extract the Black Mate theme from the MATE release and install it into the LXDE release?

Thanks, Michael.

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Re: Black Mate Theme for LXDE?
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2014, 09:01:18 PM »
Easier to use Synaptic, search for "mate-themes".
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Re: Black Mate Theme for LXDE?
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2014, 02:04:42 AM »
Easier to use Synaptic, search for "mate-themes".

I did the following using GDebi after downloading the package files from the debian.org site.

First, I installed the needed dependencies.

Then, I tried the same with mate-themes but it froze.  ???

Any ideas how to solve this?

Thanks, Michael.

Update: Well, just for laughs, I decided to give it another try. I rebooted the computer and before opening any applications or making any changes to the appearance I installed all the packages again. This time I did it in the order prompted by GDebi when attempting to install mate-themes. And BINGO  :D Looking good!
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Re: Black Mate Theme for LXDE?
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2014, 02:46:01 AM »
P.S.

One problem still.

How can I change the White Text to a Grey shade?

I tried the Color Tab of "Customize Look and Feel" and checked "Use customized color scheme" but the only options that can be changed are the Background and Foreground of "Normal windows".

Is it possible to edit the Theme files directly? If so, where are they located? The Find Files feature, of PCManFM doesn't work very well it appears.

Thanks, Michael.