Downloaded cursors from the software store, but do not see a way to choose it from within Tweaks.
It is said that cursors ought to be saved at ~/.icons so that they can be chosen with tweaks, but they are not saved there.
So, if I find where they were downloaded to and move them to ~/.icons will tweaks find them?
Thanks
Yes, you should save it there or at ~/.local/share/icons.
And do you have also installed and enabled the gnome extension "user themes"? It is neccessary when you want to use other themes/icons than the Zorin ones.
If it not already exists, You have to create the .icons Folder first. Open Nautilus (the File Manager) and click on the Menu Icon beneath the min/max(close Buttons and choose ''Show hidden Files'':
Then create the .icons Folder:
Now You move the Cursor Theme Folder in the .icons Folder. After this open gnome-tweaks and choose Your Cursor Theme in the Dropdown Menu:
The Pling site that this page points to has all cursor install files run with a command like:
$ git clone GitHub - varlesh/oreo-cursors: oreo-cursors
This only results in an error:
$ Command 'git' not found
But where do I move it from?
I cannot see, after downloading a cursor pack from the Zorin software store, where it ends up on the laptop.
Perhaps you need to install git first:
sudo apt install git
I don't understand why you guys complicate things for no reason. Pling literally has a built-in tool that allows users to just click Install and a window will popup, and it'll basically install the cursor pack (or theme, icons etc.) for you.
OP; If for some reason the above suggestions is not working for you. You could do the following:
The site can install the package for you when you click Install as i mentioned above, but for that to work - you need to install ocs-url
Download the ocs-url.deb file and open a terminal:
# Install dependencies
sudo apt install libqt5svg5 qml-module-qtquick-controls
# Install the ocs-url package
sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/ocs-url*.deb
Head back to your browser, go to pling.com and find the cursor you want to install. Click the blue install button on the top right, and a window will pop up - proceed to install it:
tick this checkmark to skip this step in the future:
Click OK and see let ocs-url do its juju magic
I put some work into this post so that it can be re-used at a later point as its relevant to several distros.
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I am honestly not sure how Extract to ~/.icons is more complicated than the above.
But, that is a great guide on how to use the ocs-url installer on Pling.
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The only bit that I'm confused about is when @Mudshark mentioned installing cursors through the software store. I mean, it's not like that is impossible or anything, but I've always seen the instructions to download the compressed archive (zip).
But yeah, good shortcut to guarantee this will always work.
Done! Installing via ocs works.
Thanks
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