Legacy Work Only!
This is the legacy version of the Pop GNOME Shell theme which currently only applies to Pop 18.04. It is only in maintenance mode, and will receive only minor changes and development related to security or bugfixes for GNOME 3.28 ONLY. Current development happens in the pop-os/gtk-theme repository.
Required Components
Pop GNOME Shell supports GNOME 3.18, 3.24, 3.26, and 3.28
- GNOME-Shell >= 3.18.3
- Pop GTK Theme*
Note:
- Pop GTK Theme isn't necessarily a requirement, but it is required to select the theme in tweak tool.
Recommendations
- For GTK, use icons alongside Pop Icon Theme
- For fonts, use:
Window Titles: Fira Sans SemiBold 10
Interface: Fira Sans Book 10
Documents: Roboto Slab Regular 11
Monospace: Fira Mono Regular 11
Installation
Pop is intended to be installed through your distribution package manager.
sudo apt install pop-gnome-shell-theme
It's also recommended to restart the GNOME Shell after applying the theme of your choice.
Enter the Shell's command launcher
Alt + F2
This will restart the Shell after you hit Enter
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Installation from Git Source
- If previous versions were installed/existed, remove them first.
sudo apt remove system76-pop-gtk-theme
sudo make uninstall
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/themes/{Pop,Pop-Eta,Pop-Nokto,Pop-Nokto-Eta}
rm -rf ~/.local/share/themes/{Pop,Pop-Eta,Pop-Nokto,Pop-Nokto-Eta}
rm -rf ~/.themes/{Pop,Pop-Eta,Pop-Nokto,Pop-Nokto-Eta}
- Install build dependencies
You can either try
sudo apt build-dep pop-gnome-shell-theme
Or, use this to install all dependencies in one go:
sudo apt install sassc inkscape optipng libglib2.0-dev-bin
- Generate the theme files.
make clean
make
- Install the theme.
sudo make install
Public License
GPLv2.0
Note:
SVG files are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Special Thanks to
Nana-4, the developer of Materia. tista500 and the Adapta Theme Project: https://github.com/adapta-project/