Black Candy is a GTK3 theme designed with the combination of black and candy-colored vibrance. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Black Candy on MXLinux Latest.
Before we get started with the installation of Black Candy, there are some dependencies that we need to install first. Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard and run the following command:
sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-murrine gtk2-engines-pixbuf
Enter your password when prompted to proceed with the installation process.
Visit the Black Candy GitHub page at https://github.com/blackcandy-org/black_candy and download the compressed file of the theme.
Open the file manager by clicking on the folder icon on your desktop or pressing the Windows key + E on your keyboard. Go to the Downloads folder and find the Black Candy compressed file. Right-click on the file and select "Extract here" from the context menu. The theme will be extracted to a new folder with the same name as the compressed file.
Open the terminal and navigate to the extracted theme folder using the following command:
cd Downloads/black_candy
Now, move the theme folder to the system themes directory using this command:
sudo mv BlackCandy /usr/share/themes/
Enter your password when prompted to authenticate the command.
Open the Application Menu and go to "Settings" > "Appearance". In the Appearance settings, select the "BlackCandy" theme from the list of available themes under the "Controls" option.
That's it! You have successfully installed and applied the Black Candy theme on MXLinux Latest.
In this tutorial, we have walked you through the step-by-step process of installing Black Candy on MXLinux Latest. With the Black Candy theme, you can give your desktop a unique and modern look.
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