We've already shown you how to install Breeze (the new artwork and style of KDE 5) on Arch Linux and similar distributions here at DesdeLinux. However, some distributions like Kubuntu and Fedora don't have the necessary packages in their repositories. In this post, I'll show you how to install Breeze on Kubuntu without any hassle.
How to install Breeze on Kubuntu?
We are going to use the packages provided by ArchLinux to install Breeze on Kubuntu. It is possible that this tutorial in the future will not work, or that the links will change if you update the packages that we are going to download
First, we need to make sure we have the xz-utils package installed so we can decompress the files we're going to download. Now, let's proceed by opening a terminal and typing:
mkdir ~ / Breeze cd ~ / Breeze /
Now that we are inside the folder we download the packages from the ArchLinux repositories:
For 32Bits
wget -c http://mirror.gnomus.de/extra/os/i686/breeze-5.1.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz && wget -c http://mirror.gnomus.de/extra/ os / i686 / breeze-kde4-5.1.1-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz
For 64Bits
wget -c http://mirror.gnomus.de/extra/os/x86_64/breeze-5.1.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz && wget -c http://mirror.gnomus.de/extra/os/x86_64/breeze-kde4-5.1.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
Now we go on to unzip them:
tar -Jxf breeze-5.1.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz tar -Jxf breeze-kde4-5.1.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
As a result we will have a folder called usr inside Breeze. Now we go on to copy the necessary files:
cd usr / lib / sudo cp -Rv kconf_update_bin / / usr / lib / sudo cp -Rv kde4 / / usr / lib / sudo cp -Rv qt / * / usr / lib / qt4 / sudo cp -Rv qt4 / / usr / lib / cd ../share/ sudo cp -Rv apps / usr / share / sudo cp -Rv color-schemes / usr / share / sudo cp -Rv icons / usr / share / sudo cp -Rv kconf_update / usr / share / sudo cp -Rv kservices5 / usr / share / sudo cp -Rv kstyle / usr / share / sudo cp -Rv kwin / usr / share / sudo cp -Rv locale / usr / share / sudo cp -Rv QtCurve / usr / share / sudo cp -Rv wallpapers / usr / share /
This will make the style available on your system. Go to Preferences » Application Appearance » Style and select Breeze.
And that's all dear friends. In this way we can install Breeze in those distributions that do not have the necessary package in their repositories.
How to uninstall Breeze on Kubuntu?
Ok, you taught me to Install Breeze and now I want to uninstall it
Well, basically we will do the reverse process. Make sure to save the / usr / share and / usr / lib folders
We create a text file called DeleteBreeze.sh and put this inside:
#!/bin/bash rm -Rfv /usr/lib/kconf_update_bin/kde4breeze rm -Rfv /usr/lib/kde4/plugins/styles/breeze.so rm -Rfv /usr/lib/kde4/kstyle_breeze_config.so rm -Rfv /usr/lib/qt4/plugins/styles/breeze.so rm -Rfv /usr/lib/qt/plugins/kstyle_breeze_config.so rm -Rfv /usr/lib/qt/plugins/styles/breeze.so rm -Rfv /usr/lib/qt/qml/QtQuick/Controls/Styles/Breeze rm -Rfv /usr/share/kconf_update/kde4breeze.upd rm -Rfv /usr/share/icons/breeze rm -Rfv /usr/share/icons/breeze-dark rm -Rfv /usr/share/icons/breeze_cursors rm -Rfv /usr/share/color-schemes/Breeze.colors rm -Rfv /usr/share/color-schemes/BreezeDark.colors rm -Rfv /usr/share/kservices5/kwin/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze.desktop rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/nds/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavian/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/sr@ijekavianlatin/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/breeze_style_config.mo rm -Rfv /usr/share/QtCurve/Breeze.qtcurve rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/ui/BreezeButton.qml rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/ui/ShadowEdge.qml rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/ui/ShadowGradient.qml rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/ui/BreezeApplicationMenuButton.qml rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/ui/ShadowCorner.qml rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/ui/BreezeMinimizeButton.qml rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/ui/BreezeCloseButton.qml rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/ui/BreezeMaximizeButton.qml rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/ui/BreezeHelpButton.qml rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/ui/BreezeKeepBelowButton.qml rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/ui/BreezeKeepAboveButton.qml rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/ui/config.ui rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/ui/BreezeStickyButton.qml rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/ui/main.qml rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/ui/BreezeShadeButton.qml rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/ui/ShadowFrame.qml rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/ui rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/config/main.xml rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents/config rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/contents rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze/metadata.desktop rm -Rfv /usr/share/kwin/decorations/kwin4_decoration_qml_breeze rm -Rfv /usr/share/apps/color-schemes/Breeze.colors rm -Rfv /usr/share/apps/color-schemes/BreezeDark.colors rm -Rfv /usr/share/apps/QtCurve/Breeze.qtcurve rm -Rfv /usr/share/apps/kstyle/themes/breeze.themerc rm -Rfv /usr/share/wallpapers/Next/ rm -Rfv /usr/share/kstyle/themes/breeze.themerc exit 0
We save it and give it permissions:
chmod a + x ClearBreeze.sh
And then we run it:
sudo ./DeleteBreeze.sh
And that's it.