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I am having an issue with trying to figure out how to install packages FROM a 7zip file

Asked by Steven D. Shown

I just downloaded an icon pack on ubuntu 14.04 in a 7zip file and even installed the necessary software to open the file and extract it, etc. But the problem I am having is getting the file installed. I have not had to deal with a problem such as this since I started using ubuntu and really need to be pointed in the right direction to get this accomplished. All I can find on the internet when I google search for how to install from a 7zip file, is how to INSTALL 7ZIP ON UBUNTU. I already have 7zip installed, so I don't need to know how to install it, but how to install FROM it! I hope you can help me resolve this problem. (since I have been using ubuntu for nearly 4 years now, but still don't know how to do something that's seemingly so basic, I feel like an idiot)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Ubuntu tweak can manage this for you

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Steven D. Shown (stevenshown90) said : 		#2

I tried to use Ubuntu tweak to do this, but it says the theme is invalid. Upon extracting the file and looking through all the folders, all the icons are indeed there, but yet the theme is still invalid. What could be missing from the file?

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#3

The standard format for packages to install on an Ubuntu system is .deb format.
You cannot really "install" programs or files from a zip file or 7zip file (unless they contain .deb installation packages).
You can only extract the files from that zipfile and move/copy them to the right location.

Where did you get that zip file from?
What is its exact name?
What are its contents?

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Steven D. Shown (stevenshown90) said : 		#4

I downloaded the file from Gnomelook.org, and its exact name is mac_os-_x_by_balasakthi-d7q79zz. It contains the folders labled action, animations, apps, catagories, devices, emblems, folders, mimetypes, places, status, stock, and the files index.theme and Thumbs.db, and user.png.

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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#5

You might try unpacking the contents of the 7zip file into a directory with name mac_os_x_by_balasakthi-d7q79zz and then issue the terminal command

sudo cp -r ./mac_os_x_by_balasakthi-d7q79zz /usr/share/icons/

to copy the whole contents into the common icons directory. And then re-try selecting that theme in the settings dialogue.

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Steven D. Shown (stevenshown90) said : 		#6

Thanks Manfred Hampl, that solved my question.