Can't install aquadiz cursor theme from systemsettings

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Hi, i use plasma desktop, been trying to install this cursor theme from systemsettings but it doesn’t want to install, does anyone knows what’s happening ? thanks
Edit: looks like i can install it but i still can’t use it for some reason
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I would check that they have downloaded to the correct location.
Should either be in
home/.icons
Or
usr/share/icons

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Do you mean install it manually ? maybe i should run a file manager like thunar as root to install the cursor theme

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You don’t need to run thunar as root, by placing the cursor theme under home/.icons you can achieve the same effect as placing them under usr/share/icons

If you can’t find the files in the correct location I would suggest manually installing it under home/.icons for easier management

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i think i need to create the .icons folder on my home folder right ?

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If it doesn’t exist then yes

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i’m not sure what i am doing wrong, i downloaded the cursor theme, extracted it in .icons and the theme is not showing up in ‘cursor themes’ to select and apply, and when i try to install it from file it doesn’t show me nothing to select

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I think it has changed, check the (home)/.local/share/icons location.

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do you mean to extract the cursor theme there ?

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Maybe, but there are no such other cursors ? When I download a cursor, it puts it in the ~/.local/share/icons folder for me.

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To get it working extract the file you downloaded and copy to home/.icons
Should appear in settings
I have no issues with it here

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This seems to have worked to me, and i found “KFaenza” in .local/share/icons

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i could be wrong, but i believe using thunar as root and installing it in usr/share/icons is still more system-wide

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That would install it for all users to use yes

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It’s working fine now, the only problem is that the theme seems broken, i’ll try to rename the name of the cursors needed and see if that fix it

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That is never a recommended way to do anything. You should not run a GUI app as root.

Just an FYI.

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