This is a slightly modified version of the original Arc theme, it is much darker, and the blue accents were replaced by gray to make the theme less distracting to the eyes and give it a more professional studio environment look.
Screenshot of the Arc Studio theme using Inkscape on macOS
Arc is a flat theme with transparent elements for GTK 3, GTK 2 and GNOME Shell which supports GTK 3 and GTK 2 based desktop environments like GNOME, Unity, Budgie, Pantheon, Xfce, MATE, etc.
| Distro | Package Name/Link |
|---|---|
| Arch Linux | arc-gtk-theme, gtk-theme-arc-git (AUR) |
| Debian 8 | OBS Repo |
| Debian Testing/Unstable | arc-theme |
| Fedora 21 - 23 | OBS Repo |
| Fedora 24 -25 | arc-theme |
| Gentoo/Funtoo | x11-themes/arc-theme from the Scriptkitties Overlay |
| openSUSE | OBS Repo |
| Solus | arc-gtk-theme |
| Ubuntu 15.04 - 16.04 | OBS Repo |
| Ubuntu 16.10 | arc-theme |
elementary OS Note: elementary OS Freya users can install the package for Ubuntu 15.04, Loki users can install the package for Ubuntu 16.04.
AUR Note: If you're having trouble with the AUR packages please email the package maintainer at [email protected] before creating an issue.
A non-transparent version of the theme is available here: Arc Solid OBS repo
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To build the theme the follwing packages are required
autoconfautomakepkg-configorpkgconfigfor Fedoralibgtk-3-devfor Debian based distros orgtk3-develfor RPM based distrosgitto clone the source directory
Note: For distributions which don't ship separate development packages, just the GTK 3 package is needed instead of the -dev packages.
For the theme to function properly, install the following
- GNOME Shell 3.14 - 3.24, GTK 3.14 - 3.22
- The
gnome-themes-standardpackage - The murrine engine. This has different names depending on the distro.
gtk-engine-murrine(Arch Linux)gtk2-engines-murrine(Debian, Ubuntu, elementary OS)gtk-murrine-engine(Fedora)gtk2-engine-murrine(openSUSE)gtk-engines-murrine(Gentoo)
Install the theme with the following commands
Clone the git repository with
git clone https://github.com/horst3180/arc-theme --depth 1 && cd arc-theme
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
sudo make install
Other options to pass to autogen.sh are
--disable-transparency disable transparency in the GTK3 theme
--disable-light disable Arc Light support
--disable-darker disable Arc Darker support
--disable-dark disable Arc Dark support
--disable-cinnamon disable Cinnamon support
--disable-gnome-shell disable GNOME Shell support
--disable-gtk2 disable GTK2 support
--disable-gtk3 disable GTK3 support
--disable-metacity disable Metacity support
--disable-unity disable Unity support
--disable-xfwm disable XFWM support
--with-gnome=<version> build the theme for a specific GNOME version (3.14, 3.16, 3.18, 3.20, 3.22)
Note 1: Normally the correct version is detected automatically and this
option should not be needed.
Note 2: For GNOME 3.24, use --with-gnome-version=3.22
(this works for now, the build system will be improved in the future)
After the installation is complete the theme can be activated with gnome-tweak-tool or a similar program by selecting Arc, Arc-Darker or Arc-Dark as Window/GTK+ theme and Arc or Arc-Dark as GNOME Shell/Cinnamon theme.
If the --disable-transparency option was used, the theme will be installed as Arc-solid, Arc-Darker-solid and Arc-Dark-solid.
Run
sudo make uninstall
from the cloned git repository, or
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/themes/{Arc,Arc-Darker,Arc-Dark}
A port of Arc for the Plasma 5 desktop with a few additions and extras. Available here.
A theme for Firefox is available at https://github.com/horst3180/arc-firefox-theme
The Arc icon theme is available at https://github.com/horst3180/arc-icon-theme
To install the Chrome/Chromium theme go to the extra/Chrome folder and drag and drop the arc-theme.crx or arc-dark-theme.crx file into the Chrome/Chromium window. The source of the Chrome themes is located in the source "Chrome/arc-theme" folder.
To install the Plank theme, copy the extra/Arc-Plank folder to ~/.local/share/plank/themes or to /usr/share/plank/themes for system-wide use.
Now open the Plank preferences window by executing plank --preferences from a terminal and select Arc-Plank as the theme.
The Arc Dark theme for the Ubuntu Software Center by mervick can be installed from here. It solves readability issues with Arc Dark and the Ubuntu Software Center.
If you use Ubuntu with a newer GTK/GNOME version than the one included by default (i.e Ubuntu 14.04 with GTK 3.14 or Ubuntu 15.04 with GTK 3.16, etc.) the prebuilt packages won't work properly and the theme has to be installed manually as described above. This is also true for other distros with a different GTK/GNOME version than the one included by default
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If you get artifacts like black or invisible backgrounds under Unity, disable overlay scrollbars with
gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal
If you find a bug, please report it at https://github.com/horst3180/arc-theme/issues
Arc is available under the terms of the GPL-3.0. See COPYING for details.
