How to change the icons in Ubuntu

I'm very sure you wanted at some point in time to change the look of your Ubuntu installation but had some difficulties doing so. No problem, that's why I made this short tutorial that will explain you how to change your installation icons and bring that unique feeling to Ubuntu.

First of all, go to gnome-look and browse some set of icons. I chosed this one to use it in this tutorial because I really like the icons.

When you got to your icon package website, make sure you download and save the file anywhere, I suggest on your Desktop just because it's faster.

After download you will end up with a .tar.bz2 file which we will use it straight away, as it is, without any extraction of files.

Go to System > Preferences > Appearance and press on the Install button and chose your previously downloaded file.


after you chose it, wait for a couple of seconds for it to load, you will be asked if you want to apply those icons. Press Apply New Theme.



If you later decide to move to a theme and just change the icons it uses, select the theme you want to apply (for example: ClearLooks, Dust) and press Customize and go to Icons tab and chose the icon set you wish to use along with your theme.



This was all, enjoy your new icons!