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Porcupine
Asked: 2018-09-10 08:17:18 +0800 CST

Unable to change theme using terminal but can do via Tweaks

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I did 

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences theme Adwaita

but nothing happens, except that when I do 

gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences theme

I do get Adwaita (But the theme doesn't change).

But in GNOME Tweaks I am able to change it manually.

I would like to do it via terminal so that I can change it with Cron. Any suggestions on what I did wrong?

themes cron gsettings gtk3 18.04

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    That key is no longer used in GNOME, window decorations are now dictated by the GTK+ theme.

    To check the current theme, run 

    gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme

    You can use set to load your preferred theme.

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