How To Install Aurora Gtk Engine 1.3 on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

November 20th, 2007 · Posted by Toor · 6 Comments

Aurora is an excellent Gtk 2 theme engine. It looks very great. The latest version of Aurora Gtk Engine is 1.3. This HOWTO shows how you can install it on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon.

Installing Aurora Gtk Engine

1. Install build tools and all of the dependencies:

sudo aptitude install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev

2. Download Aurora Gtk Engine 1.3 from here and save it to ~/Desktop folder.

3. Extract the tarball files:
cd ~/Desktop tar jxvf Aurora-1.3.tar.bz2 tar zxvf aurora-1.3.tar.gz

4. Configure, make and install:
cd aurora-1.3/ ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-animation make sudo make install

Installing Aurora themes

You can run the following commands:
cd ../ tar jxvf gtkrc_themes.tar.bz2 sudo cp -r Aurora/ Aurora-looks/ Aurora-Midnight/ /usr/share/themes/

Using Aurora themes

1. Click System → Appearance menu command.

2. In Theme tab, click Customize button.

3. Select Aurora Controls from Customize Theme window.

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Tags: Ubuntu · How-Tos

6 responses so far ↓

1 Thomas // Nov 20, 2007 at 5:24 pm

Thank you for the simple instructions for such a great theme and engine!
2 Hyperair // Dec 2, 2007 at 6:02 am

I’d actually use a Deb file if I were you. Why compile it when there are debs readily available? Just head over to gnome-look and you can find them.
3 mrburns // Dec 9, 2007 at 11:03 pm

Thanks for this, do you mind if i post to my site - with all credit to you?
4 Toor // Dec 10, 2007 at 3:02 am

@mrburns: I don’t mind. Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
5 maty // Dec 13, 2007 at 12:06 am

For those beginners who are having probs, at step 3. make sure you use the correct file name as downloaded. The link to the Aurora Gtk Engine 1.3 in step 2. will download a file called “56438-Aurora-1.3.tar.bz2″. Therefore, in step 3. you must type “tar jxvf 56438-Aurora-1.3.tar.bz2″

Helps if these guides are correct.
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