Bug 376000 - Cannot download look and feel themes
Summary: Cannot download look and feel themes
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_lookandfeel (show other bugs)
Version: 5.9.0
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2017-02-04 13:53 UTC by Samim Pezeshki
Modified: 2020-02-11 04:33 UTC (History)
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Description Samim Pezeshki 2017-02-04 13:53:19 UTC
Hi,

In "Look and Feel" system settings I click on "Get New Looks". I install one of the new look and feel themes for KDE 5.9. The "Install" button becomes "Installing" and then "Uninstall" meaning the theme is downloaded and installed. But the new theme is not added to my look and feel themes.

If I go and install it again, it asks "Overwrite existing file in /tmp/*** ?" And the same thing happens.

Thanks
Comment 1 Burkhard Lück 2017-02-05 09:44:36 UTC
Works for me in a VM with recent neon devedition gitunstable (Qt 5.7.1, Frameworks 5.31, Plasma 5.9.90)
Comment 2 Tony 2017-02-11 03:46:01 UTC
(In reply to Samim Pezeshki from comment #0)
> Hi,
> 
> In "Look and Feel" system settings I click on "Get New Looks". I install one
> of the new look and feel themes for KDE 5.9. The "Install" button becomes
> "Installing" and then "Uninstall" meaning the theme is downloaded and
> installed. But the new theme is not added to my look and feel themes.
> 
> If I go and install it again, it asks "Overwrite existing file in /tmp/***
> ?" And the same thing happens.
> 
> Thanks

If the file you are about to download is not hosted in https://store.kde.org, installing this way may encounter issues.

Click on the name of the theme so it opens in your browser, hit the "file" tab then "?" right to the "install" bottom and fallow the instructions.

This may help you for the specific theme you want to install.
Comment 3 Samim Pezeshki 2017-02-11 05:23:45 UTC
(In reply to Tony from comment #2)
> (In reply to Samim Pezeshki from comment #0)
> > Hi,
> > 
> > In "Look and Feel" system settings I click on "Get New Looks". I install one
> > of the new look and feel themes for KDE 5.9. The "Install" button becomes
> > "Installing" and then "Uninstall" meaning the theme is downloaded and
> > installed. But the new theme is not added to my look and feel themes.
> > 
> > If I go and install it again, it asks "Overwrite existing file in /tmp/***
> > ?" And the same thing happens.
> > 
> > Thanks
> 
> If the file you are about to download is not hosted in
> https://store.kde.org, installing this way may encounter issues.
> 
> Click on the name of the theme so it opens in your browser, hit the "file"
> tab then "?" right to the "install" bottom and fallow the instructions.
> 
> This may help you for the specific theme you want to install.

I did as you said, in the "?" button it was told to insall xdgurl. I installed xdgurl and clicked on the "install" button as instructed. A dialog opened "Do you want to install XXX?". I clicked OK, download finished and a dialog appeared "Installation successful". I clicked on "Open".  It opened "~/.local/share/plasma/look-and-feel/", but the directory is empty and the theme is not in my "Look and Feel" themes. Even by downloading and manually unzipping the theme to its place it is not shown.

After some tinkering it seems that I have problems only with some themes using xdgurl. Can themes be platform specific or something?
Comment 4 Tony 2017-02-11 15:31:02 UTC
(In reply to Samim Pezeshki from comment #3)
> (In reply to Tony from comment #2)
> > (In reply to Samim Pezeshki from comment #0)
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > In "Look and Feel" system settings I click on "Get New Looks". I install one
> > > of the new look and feel themes for KDE 5.9. The "Install" button becomes
> > > "Installing" and then "Uninstall" meaning the theme is downloaded and
> > > installed. But the new theme is not added to my look and feel themes.
> > > 
> > > If I go and install it again, it asks "Overwrite existing file in /tmp/***
> > > ?" And the same thing happens.
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > 
> > If the file you are about to download is not hosted in
> > https://store.kde.org, installing this way may encounter issues.
> > 
> > Click on the name of the theme so it opens in your browser, hit the "file"
> > tab then "?" right to the "install" bottom and fallow the instructions.
> > 
> > This may help you for the specific theme you want to install.
> 
> I did as you said, in the "?" button it was told to insall xdgurl. I
> installed xdgurl and clicked on the "install" button as instructed. A dialog
> opened "Do you want to install XXX?". I clicked OK, download finished and a
> dialog appeared "Installation successful". I clicked on "Open".  It opened
> "~/.local/share/plasma/look-and-feel/", but the directory is empty and the
> theme is not in my "Look and Feel" themes. Even by downloading and manually
> unzipping the theme to its place it is not shown.
> 
> After some tinkering it seems that I have problems only with some themes
> using xdgurl. Can themes be platform specific or something?

Well "Look and Feel" is more of a bundle of visual settings/themes for the desktop (colors, window decoration, desktop theme, etc).
As far is know with the exemption of "icons"  and "mouse cursors" they are KDE specific.

For me all of the available ones but https://store.kde.org/p/1084930/ and https://store.kde.org/p/1149921/ install fine. Some have icon issues though.

Which is the one giving you problems?
Comment 5 Alexander Mentyu 2018-02-14 14:49:06 UTC
I tried to install almost all themes available in GHNS - and only DBreeze ImageSplash Modern Ricciolo Velours and Adapta themes installed

Plasma: 5.12.1
Apps: 17.12.2
Frameworks: 5.43.0
Qt: 5.10.0
Kernel: 4.14.19-1-MANJARO
OS: Netrunner Rolling
Comment 6 Nate Graham 2020-01-12 23:06:33 UTC
Works for me. Can you reproduce it?
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Comment 8 Bug Janitor Service 2020-02-11 04:33:18 UTC
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