Re: How to copy a theme?
 

What am I missing, not sure if looking to hard and simply not seeing it.

Posted by AlMedhi:
sudo cp /usr/share/themes/ /home/user/MyDocs/THEME

What I am typing in X-Term:
(I have made the folder: /home/user/MyDocs/dthemenight-themedir)
sudo cp /usr/share/themes/ /home/user/MyDocs/dthemenight-themedir

Simply not copying anything though worked once, am very lost.

Re: How to copy a theme?
 

Try using "cp -r /opt/usr/share/themes/THEME/* /home/user/MyDocs/THEME/". That worked fine for me. Probably the symbolic links in /usr/share/themes causes the problem.

Re: How to copy a theme?
 

thanks Tniga, will give that a go.

Re: How to copy a theme?
 

Tniga,
Mate I put in:
cp -r/opt/usr/share/themes/dthemenight-themedir/* /home/user/MyDocs/dthemenight-themedir/

I also tried:
cp -r /opt/usr/share/themes/dthemenight-themedir/* /home/user/MyDocs/dthemenight-themedir/

Both returned the following:
cp: invalid option - - /
BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2. legal - 1osso30+0m5) multi - call binary

Usage: cp [OPTION]. . . SOURCE DEST

/home/user #

Not sure why it works for you and not me?

Re: How to copy a theme?
 

You must have typed something wrong, it really should be a valid command.

Re: How to copy a theme?
 

If you just want to move "dthemenight-themedir" from /usr/share/themes/ then you need to..

Yes, make the directory with

mkdir /home/user/MyDocs/dthemenight-themedir

then

sudo cp -r /usr/share/themes/dthemenight-themedir/ /home/user/MyDocs/

If sudo not working.. try

1. root
2. cp -r /usr/share/themes/dthemenight-themedir/ /home/user/MyDocs/

Re: How to copy a theme?
 

Should that work? I tried similar cp thing on my desktop linux and doesn't work.

EDIT: You must have confused to mv because with it that works, but here the point is to copy and not to move.

Re: How to copy a theme?
 

hmm.. no. Forgot the "-r" to do it recursively ;)

You are right.. was probably thinking of "mv"

Re: How to copy a theme?
 

AlMehdi,
Did that and worked. Real sorry for the headache, not sure what I was doing wrong before. I did it once and worked and then I don't know, must have been doing something wrong and couldn't see it.
You have been a great help to me tonight in both threads, much appreciated.

Stephen

Re: How to copy a theme?
 

You also need to be sure the theme you're copying isn't actually in use.
This can cause the symlink errors too