Preface
Ever wanted Numix but didn’t like how… orange it is? There’s a way to make at least the folders whatever colour you want, with a variety of styles for making Numix yours.
Installation
Of course, you’ll need the Numix theme, but you also need Dulwich which is required for compilation of the software which will easily modify the theme on your behalf. To install, perform as shown.
In
xdg-terminalor preferred emulator:sudo pacman -S python-dulwich pamac build numix-icon-theme-git pamac build numix-square-icon-theme-git pamac build numix-circle-icon-theme-git pamac build numix-folders
Broken up into individual commands for readability, can be merged as one command.
Only the base theme is required! If you don’t want square and circle themes, don’t bother.
Preparation
Not necessary, though recommended, you can create a copy of the Numix theme directory as follows.
xdg-terminalor preferred emulator:mkdir $HOME/.icons cp -R /usr/share/themes/Numix* $HOME/.icons
This also prevents the original copy from being edited and necessitating use as admin!
That should give you a place to begin editing the icon theme, should you wish to further append onto the icons beyond simply changing their colours.
Modification
Execution
To begin appending onto the theme, open the application.
xdg-terminalor preferred emulator:numix-folders
If the only copy is in /usr/share/icons then you will be prompted for your password.
Bugs
There is one major bug in the software — you cannot select the colour box to change the hex value shown at its right, rather you need to manually input the hex value which represents the colour desired. This is the only major bug present in the software.
While not arguably a bug, this software also dumps loads of duplicate icons into Numix, bloating it up massively. Fixing that is quite simple, especially with the information presented below.
Cleanup
If you wish to remove any icons which are not absolutely necessary, then this series of terminal commands should serve well this task.
Assuming path is
$HOME/.icons.
xdg-terminalor preferred emulator:cd $HOME/.icons rm -rf ./Numix*/*/places/blue-*.svg rm -rf ./Numix*/*/places/brown-*.svg rm -rf ./Numix*/*/places/default-*.svg rm -rf ./Numix*/*/places/green-*.svg rm -rf ./Numix*/*/places/grey-*.svg rm -rf ./Numix*/*/places/orange-*.svg rm -rf ./Numix*/*/places/orange-*.svg rm -rf ./Numix*/*/places/pink-*.svg rm -rf ./Numix*/*/places/purple-*.svg rm -rf ./Numix*/*/places/red-*.svg rm -rf ./Numix*/*/places/yellow-*.svg rm -rf ./Numix*/*/places/folder_color_*.svg
rm -rfcould be a single operation, separated for readability.
unlinkshould be used for symbolic links, but does not accept wildcards. Though often the lazy means to complete a task isn’t recommended,rmis the easiest way possible.
Wildcards are used for the following directories:
Hidden for your convenience
Numix*
NumixNumix-LightNumix-CircleNumix-Circle-LightNumix-SquareNumix-Square-LightNumix*/*
16222432486496Numix*/*/places/...(Colours)
bluebrowndefaultgreengreyorangepinkpurpleredyellow
Presentation
To make it appear as a different theme instead of Numix, open up the indexes for each theme…
xdg-terminalor preferred emulator:xedit ./Numix*/index.theme
Replace
xeditwith your graphical editor of preference, or usenano.
…And replace default entries for the Numix themes with your preference for name and description. Save, then next time appearance properties is opened, the modified themes will show up with whatever names and descriptors were given, as well preview of the theme via its folder icon.