Debian+KDE. Set kde look for gtk applications?

Question

Default look of gtk applications such as iceweasel is ugly, how can I change gtk applications to look like kde native?

Answer 1

For KDE3: Make sure you have the package gtk-qt-engine (or gtk-qt-engine-kde4 in case of an older Debian) installed on your system. Open kcontrol and go to "Appearance & Themes"->"GTK Styles and Fonts". Under "GTK Styles" select "Use another style" and chose "Clearlooks".

I suppose it's similar for KDE4. Just have a look at system-settings.

Answer 2

for example to use oxy-white:

su
cd /usr/share/icons
mv oxy-black oxy-black.bak
ln -s oxy-white oxy-black

K -> computer -> system settings -> keyboard & mouse -> mouse -> cursor theme -> oxygen white -> apply

Answer 3

This if the first topic that pops up when you ask stackoverflow.com about "kde gtk", so I'll write my answer here, even though its an old thread.

gkt-qt-engine seems no longer available for some linux distros, and it only handles GTK2 themes as far as i know. GTK3 applications need a package called kde-gtk-config to set their theme, I couldn't find this package for Ubuntu either but you can build it from the source (https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/base/kde-gtk-config/repository).

What you need (for ubuntu and possibly other debian based distros):

• git (to download the source)
• A C++ compiler (g++ recommended)
• cmake
• make
• kde development libraries (kde-workspace-dev on ubuntu)
• gtk 2 development libraries (libgtk2.0-dev on ubuntu)
• gtk 3 development libraries (libgtk-3-dev on ubuntu)

On ubuntu you can install them with:

apt-get install g++ git cmake make kde-workspace-dev libgtk2.0-dev libgtk-3-dev

You need to download the source with git. To do this go to the folder you want to download it, and write:

git clone git://anongit.kde.org/kde-gtk-config

This will download it to the the kde-gtk config directory. Now to build it, you type

cd kde-gtk-config
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr" ..
make

And finally to install and use it

make install

Keep the build directory and if you ever want to remove it just go there and type make uninstall. You may have to relog before you can see the changes in System Settings -> Application Appearance. If everything went well now you have a Gtk Configuration tab.