You Won’t Believe How Easy It Is To Install Qtcurve In Kde!
KDE is one of the most customizable desktop environments on Linux. With KDE, you can customize everything from the look and feel to the fonts and icons. One way to customize KDE is by using themes. And one of the most popular themes for KDE is Qtcurve. In this article, we’ll show you just how easy it is to install Qtcurve in KDE.
What is Qtcurve?
Qtcurve is a popular theme for the KDE desktop environment. Qtcurve is notable for its clean and modern look, which is both stylish and functional. The theme draws inspiration from various Linux distributions, including Ubuntu and Arch Linux, and features a range of widgets, icons, and styles.
How to install Qtcurve in KDE
Installing Qtcurve in KDE is a breeze. All you need is a few terminal commands, and you’re up and running.
- Open up your terminal
To open up your terminal, press “Ctrl + Alt + T” on your keyboard.
- Add the Qtcurve repository
To install Qtcurve, you’ll need to add its repository to your system. To do this, enter the following command in your terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:qtcurve/ppa
- Update your system
After adding the repository, you need to update your system. To do this, enter the following command:
sudo apt update
- Install Qtcurve
The final step is to install Qtcurve. To do this, enter the following command:
sudo apt install qtcurve
And that’s it, you’re done! You’ve successfully installed the Qtcurve theme in KDE.
Activating Qtcurve
Now that you’ve installed Qtcurve, it’s time to activate it. Here’s how you do it:
- Open System Settings
To open the System Settings, click on the application launcher at the bottom left-hand side of your screen and search for “System Settings.”
- Select Appearance
Under System Settings, select “Appearance.”
- Choose the Qtcurve Theme
Under Appearance, select “Style” and then choose “Qtcurve” from the list of available themes.
- Customize as Desired
Once you’ve chosen the Qtcurve theme, you can customize it to your liking. Qtcurve has a range of options, including fonts, icons, and colors, which you can tweak until you’re happy with the overall look and feel.
Conclusion
Customizing KDE is fun and easy, and one of the best ways to do it is by using themes like Qtcurve. With just a few terminal commands, you can easily install Qtcurve in KDE and enjoy its sleek and modern look. So what are you waiting for? Give it a go and enjoy the new look of your KDE desktop!
In a previous MTE article, you learned how to create a unified desktop using the KDE 4 Oxygen themes for KDE, GTK, and Firefox. Oxygen is clean, simple, and visually pleasing, but some people want a little more flexibility. QtCurve is a theming system that gives you the configuring power to have varieties of themes, from downright plain to shiny eye candy.
Best of all, QtCurve has native support for KDE 4, KDE 3, GTK, Qt4, and Qt3. For those who are frighteningly obsessive about having uniform boxes, buttons, and sliders, QtCurve is perfect.
If QtCurve is in your Linux (or other Unix-like OS) distribution’s repository, installing qtcurve is as simple as a single command, such as the Ubuntu command:
Many distributions, however, do not have the latest version. For that you will need to compile it from source. First, visit KDE-Look.org, and download all three source archives: KDE 4, KDE 3, and Gtk 2. Then, open a terminal, such as Konsole, and follow these steps:
(Note: To compile from source, you will need the qt, gtk, and kde development libraries installed)
Extract the archives:
Repeat these steps for each directory:
Start KDE “System Settings”
Click “Appearance”
In the “Style” tab, click the widget style dropdown menu and select “QtCurve”
Click “Configure…”
Choose a preset theme, import one you have downloaded from KDE-look.org, or fiddle with the settings until you have the theme you want
Click the “Legacy” option (third from the bottom)
Click “Export colors and fonts” for both KDE3 and pure Qt3, and then click OK
With the appearance settings still open, click “GTK Styles and Fonts”
Choose “User another style”, select “QtCurve”, and then click “Apply”
Close System Settings
At this point, you have configured the KDE4 and GTK2 settings, but your pure Qt3 and Qt4 apps, such as SMplayer and Arora browser, will be unaffected. Follow these steps to configure each.
Press Alt-F2 and type “qtconfig” in the Run Command dialog
When the Qt-Configuration window appears, select “QtCurve” as the GUI style
Click “File” and “Save”
Close the window
Press Alt-F2 again and this time type “qtconfig-qt4”
Select QtCurve, click “File” and “Save”, and close the window.
You should now have a completely unified desktop with all of your apps looking like they were cut from the same mold. You can control colors for all widget sets in your normal KDE color dialog in System Settings. You also have the option of using the QtCurve window decorator, which now supports KDE 4’s window grouping (a.k.a. tabbed windows). Configuration options for the window decoration are in the QtCurve style settings dialog.
To download more QtCurve themes, visit KDE-Look.org and click “Themes/Styles”. Look for themes that have “QtCurve” next to the titles or just use the search function.
Enjoy!
Tavis J. Hampton is a freelance writer from Indianapolis. He is an avid user of free and open source software and strongly believes that software and knowledge should be free and accessible to all people. He enjoys reading, writing, teaching, spending time with his family, and playing with gadgets.
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