You can install theme engines in ~/.gtk-2.0
. The last time I checked, the search path was:
~/.gtk-2.0/{abi-version}/{machtype}/engines/lib{engine}.dll
~/.gtk-2.0/{abi-version}/{machtype}/engines/lib{engine}.la
~/.gtk-2.0/{abi-version}/engines/lib{engine}.dll
~/.gtk-2.0/{abi-version}/engines/lib{engine}.la
~/.gtk-2.0/{machtype}/engines/lib{engine}.dll
~/.gtk-2.0/{machtype}/engines/lib{engine}.la
~/.gtk-2.0/engines/lib{engine}.dll
~/.gtk-2.0/engines/lib{engine}.la
{prefix}/lib/gtk-2.0/{abi-version}/{machtype}/engines/lib{engine}.dll
{prefix}/lib/gtk-2.0/{abi-version}/{machtype}/engines/lib{engine}.la
{prefix}/lib/gtk-2.0/{abi-version}/engines/lib{engine}.dll
{prefix}/lib/gtk-2.0/{abi-version}/engines/lib{engine}.la
{prefix}/lib/gtk-2.0/{machtype}/engines/lib{engine}.dll
{prefix}/lib/gtk-2.0/{machtype}/engines/lib{engine}.la
{prefix}/lib/gtk-2.0/engines/lib{engine}.dll
{prefix}/lib/gtk-2.0/engines/lib{engine}.la
where {abi-version}
appears to be 2.10.0
, {machtype}
is the GNU-style machine type ($MACHTYPE
in Bash), and {engine}
is the engine name (e.g. murrine
). The {prefix}
is usually /usr
on Linux, or the program's installation directory (e.g. C:\Program Files\Pidgin
) on Windows.
Murrine
requires sudo then you are out of luck