How do I add a custom Icon theme in Kubuntu 15.10?

[Joseph-Anthony-King]

Hello Everyone,

I'm trying to load a custom trash can based on the breeze icon set in Kubuntu 15.10 and I'm getting the following error:

"The file its not a valid icon theme archive"

I've created a custom theme at the following location:

~/.kde/share/icons

I've then added the following to the icons directory:

myBreezeExtensions/places/32
myBreezeExtensions/places/64

In myBreezeExtensions I added index.theme coded as UTF8 with the following:

[Icon Theme]
Name=myBreezeExtensions
Comment=My extension to the Breeze Icon Theme
Inherits=breeze
Directories=places/32,places/64

[places/32]
Size=32
Type=Threshold
Context=FileSystem

[places/64]
Size=64
Type=Threshold
Context=FileSystem

Then in the directories 32 and 64 I added user-trash.png and user-trash-full.png.

What am I missing?

Thanks,
Joe

[Joseph-Anthony-King]

Based on what I've reviewed online I suspect the path, ~/.kde/share/icons, is incorrect. Perhaps someone knows the appropriate route?

[Joseph-Anthony-King]

Ok, so I installed Papirus as a theme and found that icons are loaded at the following location:

~/.local/share/icons

I entered the following theme file to my icon directory:

[Icon Theme]
Name=myBreezeExtensions
Comment=My extension to the Breeze Icon Theme


DisplayDepth=32


Inherits=Breeze


Example=folder


DesktopDefault=48
DesktopSizes=16,22,32,48,64,128,256
ToolbarDefault=22
ToolbarSizes=16,22,32,48
MainToolbarDefault=22
MainToolbarSizes=16,22,32,48
SmallDefault=16
SmallSizes=16,22,32,48
PanelDefault=32
PanelSizes=16,22,32,48,64,128,256
DialogDefault=32
DialogSizes=16,22,32,48,64,128,256


Directories=places/32,places/64


[places/32]
Size=32
Context=Places
Type=Fixed


[places/64]
Size=64
Context=Places
Type=Fixed

However, I'm still getting the following error: "The file its not a valid icon theme archive"

How can make this a valid archive?

Thank you!

[Joseph-Anthony-King]

Never mind, it's working!

Now I have a custom trash can for Breeze!

[Joseph-Anthony-King]

For future reference I wanted to leave the following in case someone needs it at a later date. I downloaded Kubuntu 15.10 and I'm using the default Icon theme, Breeze. I like the theme except for the trash can widget in the panel which is a folder. I wanted to keep all the icons except for the trash can so I basically extended the theme and overwrote the desired icon.


In order to do this I created a custom theme in my home directory at the following location:


~/.local/share/icons


I then created a subdirectory under the icons directory named My-Breeze-Extensions, the path now looked as follows:


~/.local/share/icons/My-Breeze-Extensions


The first item I entered into the directory is the index.theme file to which I entered the following:

[Icon Theme]
Name=My-Breeze-Extensions
Comment=My extension to the Breeze Icon Theme

DisplayDepth=32

Inherits=breeze

Example=folder

DesktopDefault=48
DesktopSizes=16,22,32,48,64,128,256
ToolbarDefault=22
ToolbarSizes=16,22,32,48
MainToolbarDefault=22
MainToolbarSizes=16,22,32,48
SmallDefault=16
SmallSizes=16,22,32,48
PanelDefault=32
PanelSizes=16,22,32,48,64,128,256
DialogDefault=32
DialogSizes=16,22,32,48,64,128,256

Directories=places/32,places/64

[places/32]
Size=32
Context=Places
Type=Fixed
MinSize=32
MaxSize=48

[places/64]
Size=64
Context=Places
Type=Scalable
MinSize=64
MaxSize=256

This file is required for the system to index your custom theme and it describes the paths to your icons. It is important the name matches the name of the directory, in my case My-Breeze-Extensions, and that it inherits an icon theme to provide icons not provided in your custom theme, in my case Breeze. For more information on writing an index.theme file please follow the following link:


http://standards.freedesktop.org/ico...ec-latest.html


Since I only wanted to overwrite the Trash Can icon I only included two subdirectories in the places directory... I did this to mirror and overwrite the trash can paths in the Breeze theme. So at this point the paths to my icons is as follows:


~/.local/share/icons/My-Breeze-Extensions/places/32
~/.local/share/icons/My-Breeze-Extensions/places/64


I then placed two replacement icons, user-trash.png and user-trash-full.png, in the 32 and 64 subdirectories.


...and that was pretty much it. Once the configuration was set the new theme appeared at the following path in the Settings app:


Settings > Icons


The only item I want to mention is that I wanted to keep the 16px trash can icon in Dolphin but this was overwritten to. To address this I increased the left panel navigation items, i.e. Home, Network, Root, etc., to 32 pixels so my custom trash can doesn't look out of place. I'm now happy with the Breeze theme.


Hope this helps someone down the line...

[jlittle]

Hope this helps someone down the line...

Yes, thank you, I've often wanted to do that, fix one or two dud icons in an otherwise acceptable theme.

Regards, John Little

[Joseph-Anthony-King]

You're welcome, let me know if you have any questions!

[vinnywright]

yes ,,,nice work , and well laid out for the person trying to follow along .

Bookmarking for future reference

VINNY