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How to install themes easily using ocs-url

ocs-url is an install helper program for items served on OpenCollaborationServices (OCS) that lets you easily install themes & plugins. This tool will download and extract them to the required directories automatically.

Install​

Visit this url and download the latest package. Download the .deb file if you are usuing debian/ubuntu and the .rmp for fedora/rhel. This guide will focus on installing it on Ubuntu.

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Open your terminal inside the folder you saved the .deb file and run the command below:

sudo dpkg -i ./ocs-url*.deb

Enter your password for root permissions for the installation to occur.

You should see something similiar to:

$ sudo dpkg -i ./ocs-url*.deb
[sudo] password for hirusha: 
(Reading database ... 366432 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../ocs-url_3.1.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking ocs-url (3.1.0-0ubuntu1) over (3.1.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up ocs-url (3.1.0-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu3) ...

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But, if it have an error related to dependencies, running the command below should fix it:

sudo apt install --fix-broken

The installation is now complete. You can go ahead to use this tool.

Usage Example​

I primarily use KDE as my Deskotp Environment in my main computer. For example, lets install this theme (Windows 7 Kvantum) from store.kde.org.

Visit the store page of your required theme/plugin/extension, click on Install.

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Your browser will request for permission for the store to open ocs-url:// type of a URL. This URL is what the package we installed earlier is looking for. Click on 'Open ocs-url'.

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Click on Install and this will download it, and extract it to the (default) required directory.

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To verify the installation location, you can click on "Open" after it has been installed to check where the files are. In this case, the files have been installed successfully to: ~/.themes/Windows7Kvantum/. Just as we want it

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