Arc-Flatabulous Theme

Arc-Flatabulous theme is the Arc theme with Flatabulous window controls.

Arc-Flatabulous is available in three variants

Arc-Flatabulous

Arc-Flatabulous-Darker

Arc-Flatabulous-Dark

Installation

Important: Remove all older versions of the theme from your system before you proceed any further.

sudo rm -rf /usr/share/themes/{Arc-Flatabulous,Arc-Flatabulous-Darker,Arc-Flatabulous-Dark,Arc-Flatabulous-Solid,Arc-Flatabulous-Darker-Solid,Arc-Flatabulous-Dark-Solid}
rm -rf ~/.local/share/themes/{Arc-Flatabulous,Arc-Flatabulous-Darker,Arc-Flatabulous-Dark,Arc-Flatabulous-Solid,Arc-Flatabulous-Darker-Solid,Arc-Flatabulous-Dark-Solid}
rm -rf ~/.themes/{Arc-Flatabulous,Arc-Flatabulous-Darker,Arc-Flatabulous-Dark,Arc-Flatabulous-Solid,Arc-Flatabulous-Darker-Solid,Arc-Flatabulous-Dark-Solid}

Packages

Arch Linux users can install the theme from the AUR https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtk-arc-flatabulous-theme-git/

Manual Installation

To build the theme the following packages are required

• autoconf
• automake
• sassc for GTK 3, Cinnamon, or GNOME Shell
• pkg-config or pkgconfig for Fedora
• git to clone the source directory
• optipng for GTK 2, GTK 3, or XFWM
• inkscape for GTK 2, GTK 3, or XFWM

The following packages are optionally required

• gnome-shellfor auto-detecting the GNOME Shell version
• libgtk-3-dev for Debian based distros or gtk3-devel for RPM based distros, for auto-detecting the GTK3 version

Note: For distributions which don't ship separate development packages, just the GTK 3 package is needed instead of the -dev packages.

For the theme to function properly, install the following

• GNOME Shell 3.18 - 3.32, GTK 3.18 - 3.24
• The gnome-themes-extra package
• The murrine engine. This has different names depending on the distro.
  • gtk-engine-murrine (Arch Linux)
  • gtk2-engines-murrine (Debian, Ubuntu, elementary OS)
  • gtk-murrine-engine (Fedora)
  • gtk2-engine-murrine (openSUSE)
  • gtk-engines-murrine (Gentoo)

Install the theme with the following commands

1. Get the source

If you want to install the latest version from git, clone the repository with

git clone https://github.com/andreisergiu98/arc-flatabulous-theme --depth 1 && cd arc-flatabulous-theme

2. Build and install the theme

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
sudo make install

Other options to pass to autogen.sh are

--disable-transparency         disable transparency in the GTK3 theme
--disable-light                disable Arc Light support
--disable-darker               disable Arc Darker support
--disable-dark                 disable Arc Dark support
--disable-cinnamon             disable Cinnamon support
--disable-gnome-shell          disable GNOME Shell support
--disable-gtk2                 disable GTK2 support
--disable-gtk3                 disable GTK3 support
--disable-metacity             disable Metacity support
--disable-unity                disable Unity support
--disable-xfwm                 disable XFWM support
--disable-plank                disable Plank theme support
--disable-openbox              disable Openbox support

--with-gnome-shell=<version>   build the gnome-shell theme for a specific version
--with-gtk3=<version>          build the GTK3 theme for a specific version
                               Note: Normally the correct version is detected automatically
                               and these options should not be needed.
--with-custom=<script>         run the executable script file in the custom subfolder

After the installation is complete you can activate the theme with gnome-tweak-tool or a similar program by selecting Arc-Flatabulous, Arc-Flatabulous-Darker or Arc-Flatabulous-Dark as Window/GTK+ theme and Arc-Flatabulous or Arc-Flatabulous-Dark as Gnome-Shell and Xfce-Notify theme.

If the --disable-transparency option was used, the theme will be installed as Arc-Flatabulous-Solid, Arc-Flatabulous-Darker-Solid and Arc-Flatabulous-Dark-Solid.

Uninstall the theme

Run

sudo make uninstall

from the same directory as this README resides in, or

sudo rm -rf /usr/share/themes/{Arc-Flatabulous,Arc-Flatabulous-Darker,Arc-Flatabulous-Dark,Arc-Flatabulous-Solid,Arc-Flatabulous-Darker-Solid,Arc-Flatabulous-Dark-Solid}

Extras

Arc icon theme

The Arc icon theme is available at https://github.com/horst3180/arc-icon-theme

Arc KDE

A port of Arc for the Plasma 5 desktop with a few additions and extras. Available here.

Plank theme

As of version 20180201 the plank theme will be installed along with the normal Arc-Flatabulous gtk theme. You can disable the install by passing disable-plank to the autogen command. Now open the Plank preferences window by executing plank --preferences from a terminal and select Gtk+ as the theme.

Arc-Dark for Ubuntu Software Center

The Arc Dark theme for the Ubuntu Software Center by mervick can be installed from here. It solves readability issues with Arc Dark and the Ubuntu Software Center.

Troubleshooting

If you use Ubuntu with a newer GTK/GNOME version than the one included by default (i.e Ubuntu 14.04 with GTK 3.14 or Ubuntu 15.04 with GTK 3.16, etc.) the prebuilt packages won't work properly and the theme has to be installed manually as described above. This is also true for other distros with a different GTK/GNOME version than the one included by default

If you get artifacts like black or invisible backgrounds under Unity, disable overlay scrollbars with

gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal

License

Arc is available under the terms the GPL-3.0. See COPYING for details.

Full Preview

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Bugs

If you find a bug, please report it at https://github.com/andreisergiu98/arc-flatabulous-theme/issues

Credits

• horst3180 for creating the Arc theme.
• NicoHood and fossfreedom for maintaining Arc.
• Anmol Jagetia for creating the Flatabulous theme.