Install Breeze on Kubuntu 14.04 without dying trying

Alejandro (a.k.a KZKG^Gaara)

6 minutes

Already DesdeLinux we show you how to install Breeze (the new artwork and KDE style 5) on ArchLinux and the like, however some distributions like Kubuntu or Fedora do not have the necessary packages in the repositories. What I will do with this post is show you how to install Breeze in Kubuntu without dying in the attempt.

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 of all we make sure that we have the package installed xz-utils to be able to decompress the files that we are going to download. Now, we are going to proceed by opening a terminal and putting:

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 /

In this way we will already have the style available in our system. We are going to Preferences »Appearance of applications» Style and we select Breeze.

Install 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.


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  1.   Inti Alonso said
    ago 9 years

    I have always had a question with kde, because its default styles are binary and not editable files as is the norm in linux?

    Let's say that I want to change some detail of Breeze, I find that the theme exists as a .so library and not as QSS stylesheets, which would be logical when talking about QT and QML.

    What we have left is to get hold of the source code, but I still don't understand why a visual style must be compiled in binaries.

    Reply to Inti Alonso
    1.    elav said
      ago 9 years

      I honestly don't know, although I suppose it's to make them run faster. Oxygen is by far faster than QtCurve, or the QtCurve themes ..

      Reply to elav
    2.    phorious said
      ago 9 years

      The KDE configuration files are ordinary text files, stored (on Kubuntu at least) in ~ / .kde / share / config

      Reply to Phorious
      1.    Inti Alonso said
        ago 9 years

        I was referring to the files of the visual theme itself, not the settings.

        For example, where do you change the "margin" or "padding" of visuals in Oxygen or Breeze? In gtk the themes are text files that you can open and review or modify, in QT you should use QSS style sheets that could also be read and modified, but KDE leaves the default themes completely closed.

        As I said before, if you check your system you will see that Breeze is a .so library, just like Oxygen.

        Reply to Inti Alonso
  2.   dario said
    ago 9 years

    being kubuntu can not be from some ppa?

    Reply to daryo
  3.   Fedorian said
    ago 9 years

    Installation in Fedora:

    #dnf copr enable dvratil / plasma-5
    #dnf install plasma-breeze-kde4

    Then you can keep the repo or uninstall it with:

    #dnf copr disable dvratil / plasma-5

    Reply to Fedoriano
    1.    elav said
      ago 9 years

      Thanks for the tip

      Reply to elav
  4.   Young said
    ago 9 years

    Hello, excellent post, I only have one query, I like your window style, the buttons to close, minimize, etc, round and aligned at the end, how do I have it the same? Thanks for your post I always keep up to date with them. Cheers

    Reply to Giovani
  5.   Derp said
    ago 9 years

    Should the colorful dots to minimize, maximize and close come out?
    Everything else changed except that, something I will have done wrong u_u

    Reply to Derp
    1.    elav said
      ago 9 years

      No no, that's a topic that you get off of KDE-Look 😀

      Reply to elav
      1.    Derp said
        ago 9 years

        Which? u_ú

        Reply to Derp
      2.    Derp said
        ago 9 years

        It's YosiWhite, right?

        Reply to Derp
  6.   Derp said
    ago 9 years

    I think this is no longer useful, it throws 404 on all the files that must be downloaded both 32 and 64 bits, am I the only one that happens?

    Reply to Derp
    1.    Derp said
      ago 9 years

      I installed it with these mirrors that I found by googling, so far I have not noticed any problem compared to the ones that were here

      For x64:
      wget -c http://mirror.bjtu.edu.cn/chakra/kde-next/x86_64/breeze-5.1.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz &&
      wget -c http://mirror.bjtu.edu.cn/chakra/kde-next/x86_64/breeze-kde4-5.1.1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

      Reply to Derp