A fork of the Materia GTK theme.

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docs: Adjust INSTALL_GDM_THEME.md

by roundabout, Monday, 22 March 2021, 12:37:57 (1616416677), pushed by roundabout, Sunday, 11 May 2025, 13:23:01 (1746969781)

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INSTALL_GDM_THEME.md

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                                            - If the replacement fails, your desktop environment will not work properly. So please **be careful** if doing this.
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            - When applying this, other third-party GNOME Shell themes would look broken until you restore to the original theme.
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            - If GNOME Shell has been updated and restored to the original theme, you will need to install this again.
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          > Note: On Arch Linux, you can automatically reinstall the GDM theme by creating a [hook](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman#Hooks) file. For example, if you use Materia-compact as your GDM theme, put [this file](https://gist.github.com/looselyrigorous/a1aa931ce48627cc39daccc9253b30c7) in the `/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/` directory.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          > Tip: On Arch Linux, you can automatically reinstall the GDM theme by creating a [hook](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman#Hooks) file. For example, if you use Materia-compact as your GDM theme, put [this file](https://gist.github.com/looselyrigorous/a1aa931ce48627cc39daccc9253b30c7) in the `/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/` directory.
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            ## Requirements
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        

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                                            3. Replace the default theme file:
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                              ```sh
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          GTK_THEME=$(gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme | sed "s/'//g")
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          cd /usr/share/themes/${GTK_THEME}/gnome-shell
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          sudo glib-compile-resources --target=/usr/share/gnome-shell/gnome-shell-theme.gresource gnome-shell-theme.gresource.xml
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          THEME_NAME="$(gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme | sed "s/'//g")"
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          THEME_SRC_DIR="/usr/share/themes/$THEME_NAME/gnome-shell"
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                          sudo glib-compile-resources --target="/usr/share/gnome-shell/gnome-shell-theme.gresource" --sourcedir="$THEME_SRC_DIR" "$THEME_SRC_DIR/gnome-shell-theme.gresource.xml"
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                              ```
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            4. Reload the theme. If you are running GNOME Shell, press <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>F2</kbd> then type `rt`.