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Papirus Folders
papirus-folders is a bash script that allows changing the color of folders in Papirus icon theme and its forks (which based on version 20171007 and newer).
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Preview
| Name | Preview | Name | Preview |
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| black |
  
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blue |
  
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| bluegrey |
  
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breeze |
  
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| brown |
  
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cyan |
  
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| deeporange |
  
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green |
  
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| grey |
  
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indigo |
  
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| magenta |
  
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nordic |
  
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| orange |
  
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palebrown |
  
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| paleorange |
  
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pink |
  
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| red |
  
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teal |
  
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| violet |
  
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white |
  
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| yaru |
  
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yellow |
  
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NOTE: This project doesn't provide any folder icons. If you want to request a new folder icon or a new color of folder please open an issue here.
NOTE: If you want to change the color of folders to your own or use presets for popular themes, see Oomox theme designer.
NOTE: To change the color of an individual folder you can use Folder Color or Dolphin Folder Color.
Installation
Ubuntu and derivatives
You can install papirus-folders from our official PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:papirus/papirus
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install papirus-folders
or download .deb packages from here.
Papirus Installer
Use the script to install the latest version directly from this repo (independently on your distro):
Install
wget -qO- https://git.io/papirus-folders-install | sh
To install papirus-folders on BSD systems using the following command:
wget -qO- https://git.io/papirus-folders-install | env PREFIX=/usr/local sh
Uninstall
wget -qO- https://git.io/papirus-folders-install | env uninstall=true sh
Third-party packages
Packages listed in this section are third-party packages. If you have a problem or a question, please contact the package maintainer.
Please note that some packages in the list may be outdated, open Repology to find out package versions.
| Distro | Maintainer | Package |
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| Arch Linux | Piotr Górski | papirus-folders-git AUR |
| MX Linux | Steven Pusser | sudo apt-get install papirus-folders |
| NetBSD | Nia Alarie | papirus-folders pkgsrc |
| openSUSE | andy great | papirus-folders OBS [link] |
| Void Linux | Benjamín Albiñana | sudo xbps-install -S papirus-folders |
NOTE: If you are a maintainer and want to be in the list, please create an issue or make a pull request.
Script usage
Papirus-folders doesn't have a GUI, but it is a fully functional command-line application with TAB-completions. Below you'll see some examples of use.
Show the current color and available colors for Papirus-Dark
papirus-folders -l --theme Papirus-Dark
Change color of folders to brown for Papirus-Dark
papirus-folders -C brown --theme Papirus-Dark
Revert to default color of folders for Papirus-Dark
papirus-folders -D --theme Papirus-Dark
Restore the last used color from a config file
papirus-folders -Ru
The last command is extremely useful for restoring color after icon theme upgrade (official installers of papirus-icon-theme and some third-party packages do this automatically).