Free and Attractive themes for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

By Anurag Upadhaya on January 20, 2010
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Although there are a number of good quality themes available for Ubuntu through various sites like gnome-look and devianart, it is still a tough task to find good themes for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, which was released last year, in October 2009. There were only a limited number of new themes added to Karmic Koala. But, we have compiled here a list of free and attractive themes for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.

These themes are provided by bisigi project. These themes are very easy to install in Karmic Koala, as you just have to add the required repositories and then type a general command with the name of the theme you want to apply.

e.g: sudo apt-get install theme-name

Follow these steps to add free and attractive themes to Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala:

1. First you have to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list. To do it, open a terminal and type the following command:

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

This command will open the file which contains the list of repositories. You have to add the following two lines to this file:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bisigi/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/bisigi/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

You can now save the file and exit.

2. In the next step you have to add the repository verification key (GPG Key). To do this, type in the terminal:

gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371 --recv-key 881574DE && 881574DE ">gpg -a --export 881574DE | sudo apt-key add -

Now, you can update the source list by typing this command in the terminal:

sudo aptitude update

3. Now you can install all the themes by typing this command in the terminal:

sudo aptitude install zgegblog-themes

This command will install the following themes in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala:

Note: To install each theme separately, you can use type the command included with that theme in the terminal.

1. Showtime for Gnome

sudo apt-get install showtime-theme

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2. Balanzan

sudo apt-get install balanzan-theme

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3. Infinity

sudo apt-get install infinity-theme

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4. Wild Shine

sudo apt-get install wild-shine-theme

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5. Exotic

sudo apt-get install exotic-theme

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6. Tropical

sudo apt-get install tropical-theme

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7. Bamboo Zen

sudo apt-get install bamboo-zen-theme

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8. Ubuntu Sunrise

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-sunrise-theme

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9. Aqua Dreams

sudo apt-get install aquadreams-theme

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10. Ellanna

sudo apt-get install ellanna-theme

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11. Orange

sudo apt-get install orange-theme

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If you want to remove the full package containing all these themes, you can type the following command in the terminal:

sudo aptitude remove zgegblog-themes

If you want to remove individual theme, you can remove it by a command in this format:

sudo aptitude remove themename

where themname can be: showtime-theme, balanzan-theme and so on.

Did you liked these themes ? Tell us your experience through comments.

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  • DPapenbrock

    Thank you for the information.

    Are there any installed program prerequisites for Step 2? On my system, typing that command simply returns a “>” prompt in the terminal window. Possible to clarify that step or provide some possible “problem workarounds” for a first time Ubuntu user? Thx!

  • DPapenbrock

    Following up on my previous post, just figured out what needed to be done. For what it’s worth~

    - Type,
    gpg –keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371 –recv-key 881574DE

    - Hit

    Then, type

    gpg -a –export 881574DE | sudo apt-key add -

    Hit

    Hope that helps, or I’m the only who missed it, fifty lashes on me :0)

  • MACH7OUT

    ERM! had the same problem with step 2
    then when i use gpg –keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371 –recv-key 881574DE
    terminal responds with
    usage: gpg [options] [filename]

    ??
    seems more lashes are in due! but to whom?! me or one of u guys!?
    cheers!

  • elvik

    Is it just me doing something wrong or is the file bisigi-themes missing from the server or something becous i get that it couldn’t find anything matching.

  • thetymeis

    Try this in the terminal:

    1) gpg –keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv 881574DE

    hit enter, then type

    2) gpg –export 881574DE | sudo apt-key add -

    :)

  • http://www.rickandandrea.com/rick/ SpaCeTraNce

    Here is the fix… the above comment was close but I think he lost some things in the copying of the commands.
    First:
    gpg –keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371 –recv-key 881574DE
    Then:
    gpg -a –export 881574DE | sudo apt-key add -

    The problem with the above commands is the double dashes before ‘keyserver’, ‘recv-key’, and ‘export’ are being formated into a differnet dash-thing-a-ma-bob?!?! So once I hit submit, my ‘fix’ may be formated from a double-dash to a single dash-thingy by the webserver/form I’m filling out.

    If that didn’t make any sense and you are still having problems read it again…. the answer to the problem is there :)

  • http://www.nusansifor.com Jawaad

    Just use this to get the right key.
    Here https://launchpad.net/~bisigi/+archive/ppa

  • http://ubuntudan.blogspot.com Dan Collyer

    I’m a fan of good themes and love to customize my desktop, I started searching for the best Ubuntu / Gnome Themes. I downloaded loads of them, bookmarked and saved the pages for further use. You can access what I have collected on my blog Ubuntu Dan. I hope this was helpful!

    http://ubuntudan.blogspot.com/2010/04/best-themes-for-ubuntu-910-karmic-users.html

  • Dayanand

    I have downloaded themes through the above instruction,if I try to install those theme it gives that particular theme set to manually installed.so, how to install that manually?

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