Problem in installing icons : (

[srikar]

I downloaded icons 4m kde look. As it is said there to go to /usr/share/icons and copy there....error is coming(its like access denied) then i went to system>settings>user management? and set administrator mode there
and again try to copy those icons in the icons folder....still an error "aceess denied is getting displayed".

wat may be the problem >>>is my installation procedure wrong" plzz help me friendz

[Snowhog]

Re: Problem in installing icons : (

What icon package did you download (what is the icon package name)?

[srikar]

Re: Problem in installing icons : (

http://kde-look.org/content/show.php...?content=67013
kore & leopard


http://kde-look.org/content/show.php...?content=67902
dark glass icon project

[MepisReign]

Re: Problem in installing icons : (

Downloading Dark Glass theme, gimme a couple of minutes to figure it out

MepisReign

[Snowhog]

Re: Problem in installing icons : (

Ditto. Doing the same. It's a HUGE file, and the download speed ain't the greatest. I've got the same thing in mind as you Mepis - see what and where it unzips to, so as to provide accurate instructions.

[srikar]

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ok after u guys find out plzz post it here.

[srikar]

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in the first link i have mentioned .... the size is 800kb(reflective icons)...direct link... http://www.kde-look.org/content/down...3&tan=94823228

[MepisReign]

Re: Problem in installing icons : (

Ok, uncompress the file, it will create a dir called Dark-Glass, then

Open a konsole and type: kdesu konqueror (after that it will prompt for your password, type it)
Konqueror will open, on the search field type or copy paste: /usr/share/icons, hit Enter

In there Copy and paste the dir called Dark-Glass, close Konqueror

Click on Kmenu, go to System Settings, there click on Appearance and then on Icons, the Dark Glass theme should be displayed for usage

Regards,

MepisReign

[Snowhog]

Re: Problem in installing icons : (

Thanks Mepis, you got it faster than I did. Man, what a HUGE file! But, hey, the folks on kde-look.org gave this a really high rating (over 90%).

[MepisReign]

Re: Problem in installing icons : (

Yes indeed, 90% is good, using it right now for testing purposes, don't match with my system colors thou :P

[img width=400 height=319]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v297/darth1968/snapshot2.jpg[/img]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../snapshot2.jpg


Regards,

MepisReign

[srikar]

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thanku mepis i got it. Ok, before wat i did was tried to coppy the green glass folder to the/usr/share/icons and an error had come access denied but wen i did as u said
(((((Open a konsole and type: kdesu konqueror (after that it will prompt for your password, type it))))))I

i got it ...can i know the reason why we had to do it...i mean through konqueror.

[Snowhog]

Re: Problem in installing icons : (

The destination directory (/usr/share/icons) is a restricted (requiring root access) directory. Normal users can not write to it. That's why opening Konqueror as root (kdesu konqueror) works - Konqueror is being launched as root - and you can then copy the extracted folder (with it's files) to the location specified.

[srikar]

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thank u Snowhog.........but is that the only way to do or can i type some command in the terminal so that i get rights to copy directly??

[Snowhog]

Re: Problem in installing icons : (

YES!

I'll assume that you know where the extracted files folder is located at. In a konsole shell, you would type:

sudo cp [path to file/folder] /usr/share/icons

This would copy the folder containing the downloaded icon theme to the /usr/share/icons directory as the root user.

[srikar]

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let me explain wat i understood.....every one who logs in is a user in this OS....but sudo gives temporary admin rights . am i right...