How To Install and Remove The Orchis Theme On Ubuntu 24.04

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Installing and removing the Orchis Theme on Ubuntu 24.04 can be done via GitHub Orchis Theme using the provided installation script.

Here is complete guide on how to install and remove it.

How To Install Theme Orchis

1. Install required dependencies

Open Terminal ( Ctrl + Alt + T ) and then run the following command to install the basic dependencies.

sudo apt install gtk2-enggines-murrine sassc gnome-themes-extra

2. Download and Ekstract Theme

Download the theme source using the command:

sudo git clone https://github.com/vinceliuice/orchis-theme.git

3. Go to Orchis folder and Install

cd orchis-theme/

sudo bash ./install.sh

Note: You can also add additional options, for example for the light -I version only or to select color variants -t

4. Activate the Theme

Using the Gnome Tweaks application use the command ( if not already install ).

sudo apt install gnome-tweaks

How To Remove Orchis Theme

If you want to permanently remove this theme from your system.

1. Reset To Theme Default

Open Gnome Tweaks and return the application and Shell.

2. Delete Theme Folder

Open your Terminal and run this command to delete the Orchis installation folder.

rm -rf ~/.local/share/themes/Orchis

rm -rf ~/.themes/Orchis*

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/themes/Orchis*

For a detailled guide of folder locations and customizations for specific application, you can see here GitHub Orchis Theme.