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igorzwx

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WhiteSur Dark GTK Theme for MATE Desktop

WhiteSur GTK Theme: A macOS like theme for Linux GTK Desktops
_https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-gtk-theme
_https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/whitesur-gtk-theme-git
_https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/whitesur-icon-theme-git
_https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/whitesur-cursor-theme-git

Build-Deps:

sudo apt install git fakeroot sassc libglib2.0-dev-bin libglib2.0-dev libxml2-utils imagemagick dialog optipng inkscape 

mkdir Build_Sur
cd Build_Sur 

Open fakeroot console:

fakeroot

Download sourcedir:

git clone https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-gtk-theme.git --depth=1 

Install "debdir":

install -dm755 debdir/usr/share/themes
install -dm755 debdir/usr/share/docs/whitesur-gtk-theme
install -dm755 debdir/usr/share/icons 

# ls -1
debdir
WhiteSur-gtk-theme 

cd WhiteSur-gtk-theme 

Install WhiteSur Dark theme to debdir

./install.sh -d ../debdir/usr/share/themes -c Dark -t green -o solid 

# ls -1 ../debdir/usr/share/themes
WhiteSur-Dark-solid-green
WhiteSur-Dark-solid-green-hdpi
WhiteSur-Dark-solid-green-xhdpi

Install Firefox theme to debdir:

cp -r src/other/firefox ../debdir/usr/share/docs/whitesur-gtk-theme 

cd .. 

#ls -1
debdir
WhiteSur-gtk-theme

Download WhiteSur icon theme sourcedir:

git clone https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-icon-theme.git --depth=1 

# ls -1
debdir
WhiteSur-gtk-theme
WhiteSur-icon-theme

Install icon theme to debdir:

./WhiteSur-icon-theme/install.sh -d "$(pwd)/debdir/usr/share/icons" -t green 

# ls -1
debdir
WhiteSur-gtk-theme
WhiteSur-icon-theme 

Download WhiteSur-cursors sourcedir:

git clone https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-cursors.git --depth 1 

# ls -1
debdir
WhiteSur-cursors
WhiteSur-gtk-theme
WhiteSur-icon-theme 

Build WhiteSur-cursors

cd WhiteSur-cursors

./build.sh 

Install WhiteSur-cursors to debdir:

cp -pr dist ../debdir/usr/share/icons/WhiteSur-cursors 

# cd ..
# ls -1
debdir
WhiteSur-cursors
WhiteSur-gtk-theme
WhiteSur-icon-theme 

Configure WhiteSur Dark theme:

IconTheme=WhiteSur-green-dark
CursorTheme=WhiteSur-cursors 

It should look like this:

# cat debdir/usr/share/themes/WhiteSur-Dark-solid-green/index.theme
[Desktop Entry]
Type=X-GNOME-Metatheme
Name=WhiteSur-Dark-solid-green
Comment=A MacOS BigSur like Gtk+ theme based on Elegant Design
Encoding=UTF-8

[X-GNOME-Metatheme]
GtkTheme=WhiteSur-Dark-solid-green
MetacityTheme=WhiteSur-Dark-solid-green
IconTheme=WhiteSur-green-dark
CursorTheme=WhiteSur-cursors
ButtonLayout=close,minimize,maximize:menu 

The "Name=" of WhiteSur-cursors should also be fixed:

# cat debdir/usr/share/icons/WhiteSur-cursors/index.theme
[Icon Theme]
Name=WhiteSur-cursors 

Make a template for Debian package

install -vm0755 -d debdir/DEBIAN 

Create DEBIAN/control with a text editor:

nano debdir/DEBIAN/control 

For example:

# cat debdir/DEBIAN/control
Package: whitesur-gtk-theme
Version: 2025.05.29-1
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Devuan
Installed-Size: 52.2 kB
Depends: libxml2-utils, imagemagick, dialog, optipng
Section: x11
Priority: optional
Homepage: https://github.com/vinceliuice/WhiteSur-gtk-theme
Description: MacOS Big Sur like theme for MATE Desktop 

Generate md5sums

cd debdir
find . -type f -not -path "./DEBIAN/*" -exec md5sum {} + | sort -k 2 | sed 's/\.\/\(.*\)/\1/' > DEBIAN/md5sums
cd ..
chmod 0644 -- debdir/DEBIAN/md5sums 

Make a Debian package:

dpkg-deb -b debdir whitesur-gtk-theme_2025.05.29-1_all.deb 

Exit fakeroot

# exit
exit

Install WhiteSur-Dark theme

sudo dpkg -i whitesur-gtk-theme_2025.05.29-1_all.deb 

Enable WhiteSur-Dark theme

mate-appearance-properties

Theme ➔ WhiteSur-Dark-solid-green

Configure WhiteSur theme for "greeter" (display-manager)

➤ cat /etc/X11/default-display-manager
/usr/sbin/lightdm

➤ sudo lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings

[ArchWiki] LightDM
_https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LightDM

Tweaks:

sudo apt install mate-tweak
mate-tweak

sudo apt install vivid
man vivid

cat ~/.bashrc | grep alias
cat ~/.bashrc | grep less

$ cat ~/.bashrc | grep LESS
export LESS='-R --use-color -Dd+g$Du+b$'

How to remove WhiteSur Dark theme:

sudo apt remove whitesur-gtk-theme

Last edited by igorzwx (2025-05-30 09:40:32)

stopAI

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Registered: 2023-04-04

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Re: WhiteSur Dark GTK Theme for MATE Desktop

Nice tutorial. Especially for crating .deb packages. Thank you.

igorzwx

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Re: WhiteSur Dark GTK Theme for MATE Desktop

@stopAI

I didn't expect that anyone would be interested in Debian packaging.

Have you tried to compile fftrate?
The updated manual is here:
_https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7142
The user manual is here:
_https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=6644

It will improve sound quality of your pipewire.
You can test it with and without fftrate. The difference should be obvious.
Although, of course, it will be much better without pipewire and pulseaudio.
To disable fftrate, you can simply remove/rename ~/.asoundrc
And, by renaming, you can enable it again.

stopAI

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Re: WhiteSur Dark GTK Theme for MATE Desktop

Have you tried to compile fftrate? It will improve sound quality of your pipewire.
You can test it with and without fftrate. The difference should be obvious.

Yes, I tried it (on a test computer). The results are good. The improvement in sound quality is clearly noticeable.

igorzwx

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Re: WhiteSur Dark GTK Theme for MATE Desktop

@stopAI

It should be "clearly noticeable", because, the fftrate plugin (if it is correctly configured) replaces ALSA resamplers with the magic fftrate real-time codec.
See also:
_https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=6593

By the way, have you noticed a secret command "dh_auto_build --list",
and a trick with dpkg-shlibdeps
_https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=7214

stopAI

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Registered: 2023-04-04

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Re: WhiteSur Dark GTK Theme for MATE Desktop

By the way, have you noticed a secret command "dh_auto_build --list",
and a trick with dpkg-shlibdeps

Yes, of course I'm following your experiments with interest.