Icons are in /usr/share/icons, but I can't apply them

[UglyStuff]

Hi everyone,

I've downloaded, unzipped and copied icon sets to my /usr/share/icons folder, but when I go to Appearance and try to apply said icons, they're not in the list.

I've rebooted several times, I can't find them.

When I sudo update-icon-caches /usr/share/icons/*, I get an error message for one of the sets (Arc-ICONS), but that's it.

[darknetmatrix]

look in your home folder and press ctrl + H so that you see the hidden folders.look for .icons, if not there create the folder .icons.Put your icon theme in it and choose from the appaerence in settings

[UglyStuff]

I have actually done both, place them in that folder under my home directory AND in the usr/share/icons folder, but nothing seems to work. I've even deleted them completely, purged the icon cache, then put them back in, still no go.

There's no X on any sub-folder in either directory indicating they're of the wrong format or something like that. I'm going to try again, but I'm not hopeful... :-(

[Moltke]

Hi everyone,

I've downloaded, unzipped and copied icon sets to my /usr/share/icons folder, but when I go to Appearance and try to apply said icons, they're not in the list.

I've rebooted several times, I can't find them.

When I sudo update-icon-caches /usr/share/icons/*, I get an error message for one of the sets (Arc-ICONS), but that's it.

Try

Code:

sudo gtk-update-icon-cache /home/your_user/.icons/Icon-Theme-Name

type in your password when asked and hit enter. Once you've done that, try applying the icons again and they should work this time. Also, if you actually ran

Code:

sudo update-icon-caches /usr/share/icons/*

that command is wrong, the cache is with no s at the end like

Code:

sudo update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/*

try this as well and see which one does the job.

Hope this helps!

[UglyStuff]

Moltke, when I enter the command with no "s" at the end of cache, like:

sudo update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/*

Terminal says "command not found". I've also tried the other command you mentioned ("sudo gtk-update-icon-cache /home/your_user/.icons/Icon-Theme-Name") and Terminal returns "no theme index file".

Short of installing via another means (i wonder if there's a .deb file for that icon set), I don't see what else I can do. I like the Arc icons, but I like Paper better.

[UglyStuff]

Sometimes, it's as simple as visiting the author's webpage (https://snwh.org/paper/download) and download/install from there following instructions (in my case, by adding the ppa then installing from that source)...

*fullsize "facepalm emoji"*

[Moltke]

Moltke, when I enter the command with no "s" at the end of cache, like:

sudo update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/*

Terminal says "command not found". I've also tried the other command you mentioned ("sudo gtk-update-icon-cache /home/your_user/.icons/Icon-Theme-Name") and Terminal returns "no theme index file".

Short of installing via another means (i wonder if there's a .deb file for that icon set), I don't see what else I can do. I like the Arc icons, but I like Paper better.

You did change "your_user" and "Icon-Theme-Name" by the actual thing, didn't you?

Sometimes, it's as simple as visiting the author's webpage (https://snwh.org/paper/download) and download/install from there following instructions (in my case, by adding the ppa then installing from that source)...

*fullsize "facepalm emoji"*

Yeah, sometimes you have to go to the source itself. You might want to heck here https://www.xfce-look.org/browse/cat/ Glad you solved it!