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The Delft icon theme is a fork of the famous Faenza icon theme. It\u2019s incredibly stylish and fits right at home on any Linux desktop. If you\u2019d like to try out the Delft icon theme on your system, follow along with the instructions in this guide!<\/p>\n

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Downloading the Delft icon theme<\/h2>\n

You can get your hands on the Delft icon theme via Gnome-look.org, a website dedicated to icon themes, as well as GTK themes. To start the download, head over to the official Delft Gnome-look page.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Once you\u2019re on the Delft page, locate the \u201cFiles\u201d tab, and select it with the mouse. When you select this tab, you\u2019ll reveal the download options for the icon theme. From there, click on the download icon in the \u201cDL\u201d column.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When you click on the icon in the \u201cDL\u201d column, a download pop-up will appear on the screen. Click on the \u201cDownload\u201d button to start the download process. Downloading will only take a couple of seconds, as the file size is tiny.<\/p>\n

GitHub download<\/h4>\n

Even though the Delft icon theme is available through Gnome-look, the download itself comes from GitHub. If you prefer to use GitHub rather than the Delft Gnome-look page, click on this link.<\/p>\n

By clicking on the link above, the Delft icon theme should download directly from GitHub. If you have issues with this link, be sure also to check the \u201creleases\u201d page.<\/p>\n

Extracting the Delft icon theme<\/h2>\n

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The Delft icon theme comes packed inside of a TarXZ archive file. This archive file cannot be used in the \u201cicons\u201d folder, as it is compressed, and Linux cannot directly interact with compressed archives when it comes to icon themes.<\/p>\n

As a result, you need to decompress the TarXZ archive file before attempting to install it. The Delft icon theme archive is best dealt with via the terminal, so you must open up a terminal window.<\/p>\n

To open up a terminal window on the Linux desktop, press\u00a0Ctrl + Alt + T\u00a0<\/strong>on the keyboard or search for the \u201cTerminal\u201d app in the menu and launch it that way. Once the terminal window is open, use the CD\u00a0<\/strong>command to move into the \u201cDownloads\u201d directory, where the TarXZ file is.<\/p>\n

\ncd ~\/Downloads\n<\/pre>\n
Inside the \u201cDownloads\u201d directory, use the\u00a0tar xvf\u00a0<\/strong>command to decompress the \u201cdelft-iconpack.tar.xz\u201d archive. The decompression will take a bit of time, and it will create several different Delft icon theme folders in your download directory.<\/p>\n
To view the several different \u201cDelft\u201d icon themes in the terminal window, execute the following\u00a0ls\u00a0<\/strong>command below.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nls | grep Delft\n<\/pre>\n
After viewing the files with the\u00a0ls\u00a0<\/strong>command, move on to the next section of the guide to learn how to install the Delft icon theme.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Installing the Delft icon theme<\/h2>\n
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There are two ways you can install the Delft icon theme on Linux. The first way is known as \u201cSingle user,\u201d and it allows only the user that installs Delft access to it. The second method of installation is called \u201cSystem-wide,\u201d which grants every user access to Delft, even if they didn\u2019t install it.<\/p>\n
In this guide, we\u2019ll go over how to install the Delft icon theme in both methods. To start the installation, you\u2019ll need to open up a terminal window on the Linux desktop. To do that, press\u00a0Ctrl + Alt + T\u00a0<\/strong>on the keyboard or search for \u201cTerminal\u201d in the app menu and launch it that way.<\/p>\n
Single-user<\/h3>\n
To install the Delft icon theme in single-user mode, start by accessing the \u201cDownloads\u201d directory where the extracted Delft icon folders are. To access this folder, make use of the following CD\u00a0<\/strong>command.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\ncd ~\/Downloads\n<\/pre>\n
Once inside of the \u201cDownloads\u201d directory, make use of the\u00a0mkdir\u00a0<\/strong>command and create a new folder in the home (~) directory with the name of \u201cicons.\u201d This folder is critical, as you won\u2019t be able to install it in the single-user mode without it.<\/p>\n
\nmkdir -p ~\/.icons\/\n<\/pre>\n
After creating the new folder, use the\u00a0mv\u00a0<\/strong>command to place all Delft icon theme folders into the new folder. By placing the files here, Delft will be installed in single-user mode.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nmv Delft-*\/ ~\/.icons\/\nmv Delft\/ ~\/.icons\/\n<\/pre>\n
System-wide<\/h3>\n
To install the Delft icon theme in system-wide mode, start by using the\u00a0CD\u00a0<\/strong>command to move into the \u201cDownloads\u201d directory. Once you\u2019re in that folder, you\u2019ll need to enter root with the\u00a0sudo\u00a0<\/strong>command.<\/p>\n
\ncd ~\/Downloads\nsudo -s\n<\/pre>\n
Once in the root, the installation of Delft can begin. Using the mv\u00a0<\/strong>command, place all files in \/usr\/share\/icons\/.<\/p>\n
\nmv Delft-*\/ \/usr\/share\/icons\/\n<\/pre>\n
\nmv Delft\/ \/usr\/share\/icons\/\n<\/pre>\n
Activating the Delft icon theme<\/h2>\n
The Delft icon theme is now installed on your Linux PC, but that\u2019s not all you have to do to get it working. You must also activate this theme for it to work. Activating icon themes on Linux differs depending on the desktop.<\/p>\n
Open up your settings area, locate \u201cAppearance\u201d or \u201cIcons,\u201d and change the default icon theme to \u201cDelft.\u201d As soon as you do this, your system will begin using the Delft icon theme.<\/p>\n
Can\u2019t figure out how to change icon themes on your Linux desktop? Don\u2019t worry; we\u2019ve got you! Take a look at the list of links below. Each link points to an in-depth guide that will teach you how you can change your icon theme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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