Hello,
I am trying to extract a theme to the /usr/share/themes folder when every time I try to run the process it prompts me with permission denied". It originally prompted me with a similar message but once I added my user account under the root group using visudo, that switched to "Permission denied".
I am running Fedora 25 workstation, please help.
Thank you!
Is that a multi-user system and you want the theme to be available for every user? Only then you need to place it in a "global" folder. (extract it in your home folder and then use sudo cp -r <source> /usr/share/themes to copy it.
If only you want to use the theme or there is only one user, just use the .themes directory in your home folder (~/.themes)
It is only myself on the system. I cannot find the .themes directory. I went to /home/alecryncavage and couldnt find it.
If you can't tell, I am new to Fedora.
That you don't see it might have causes. Either you don't see it because it a hidden directory (indicated byt the .), so turn visibility for on hidden files and folders (in nautilus CTRL + h), or it simply doesn't exist. Then you have to create it. (mkdir ~/.themes)
I found the hidden files, and the .themes directory is not there. Can I create by running that exact command above mkdir ~/.themes?
Created the directory and extracted the theme to the new .themes. Restarted my machine then opened Tweak Tool. The new theme doesn't show up in the drop down menu.
Asked: 2017-06-19 00:12:24 -0600
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Your user shouldn't be part of the
rootgroup. If you want to be able to use thesudocommand, place your user in thewheelgroup.I could already use the
sudocommand. I was trying to right click the file and extract it to/usr/share/themeswhen my permission got denied.You can't and shouldn't run any graphical application such as the file manager nautilus as root. And your "simple" user has no write access to /usr/share/themes (and you should not change that) So, everything is just as it should be.
Just extract the archive to a temp folder in your /home directory, then use
sudo cpto copy*from that directory to/usr/share/themes.See if this Q/A might be useful for you: https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/ques...
I ran the command and nothing happened. Screenshot
In the Q/A the solution was this "/home/user/.local/share/themes/", I do not have that themes folder inside share.