Re: question re installing gtk themes

["Ben FrantzDale" <frantb rpi edu>]

You can also avoid the hassel of ungziping the file by just using tar with
the z option thrown in. (tar -ztvf and tar -zxvf)

Regards,
    Ben

> Joseph :
>     The files you downloaded are "tared" and "gzipped".
>
>     A file that ends in ".gz" is compressed or "gzipped" so you will
> have to uncompress it first with :
> "gunzip -d whatever_file_you_want_to_decompress_.tar.gz"
>
> after uncompressing it you will no longer have a ".tar.gz" file
> you will only have a ".tar" file, is the same file but not compressed.
>
> To view the contents of the ".tar" file you can type :
> "tar -tvf whatever_file_you_want_to_view_the_contents.tar"
>
> To extract or "untar" the contents of that file you should type :
> "tar -xvf whatever_file_you_want_to_untarr.tar"
>
> Make sure you do it in the right directory !
> So place the ".tar.gz" in the directory that you want
> the files to end up.
>
> Chema
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joseph de los Santos <jh0u@hotmail.com>
> To: <gnome-list@gnome.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 11:30 PM
> Subject: question re installing gtk themes
>
>
> > hello,
> >
> >   I have downloaded different themes already but I can seem to use them.
> > when I open the theme selector and then I select the theme I want to
> install
> > (in tar.gz format) nothing happens. I cant click on the try , ok , or
> revert
> > buttons (grayed out). I cant even preview the theme.
> >
> > any ideas? thanks.
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