Not applying theme corretly in Ubuntu 24.04

[stephanlamoureux]

Is there an existing issue outlining your problem?

• [X] I have searched the existing issues and they do not solve my problem.

Describe the bug.

The theme only works in a couple of random places, like the Gnome power menu and some apps like Shotwell. It doesn't apply anywhere else. I installed it using the installation script and applied the theme to the Shell and Legacy Applications with the Gnome tweak tool.

I also added the symlinks:

I tried using the script:

./install.py macchiato lavender --link

and then the manual way:

mkdir -p "${HOME}/.config/gtk-4.0" && ln -sf "${THEME_DIR}/gtk-4.0/assets" "${HOME}/.config/gtk-4.0/assets" && ln -sf "${THEME_DIR}/gtk-4.0/gtk.css" "${HOME}/.config/gtk-4.0/gtk.css" && ln -sf "${THEME_DIR}/gtk-4.0/gtk-dark.css" "${HOME}/.config/gtk-4.0/gtk-dark.css"

screefetch shows that catppucin is installed as the GTK theme, but WM Theme is listed as Yaru.

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How did you install the theme?

From release (install.py)

Are you running the latest release, and if not does the issue persist there?

• [X] I am running on the latest release & the issue persists there

If using GTK4, have you symlinked the "gtk-4.0" folder?

• [X] I have symlinked the gtk-4.0 folder.

What GNOME version are you seeing the bug on?

GNOME Version 46.0.1

Any additional comments?

No response

[isabelroses]

Seems like a gnome-shell issue. The best way to see if this is the case would be to install gnome-tweaks. This will let you see what the current shell is, and allow us to confirm whether is catppuccin or not.

[stephanlamoureux]

@isabelroses I applied the theme using gnome-tweaks, here is that and screenfetch:

[nullishamy]

Your shell theme doesn't seem to be applying properly, nor your GTK4 theme. Can you ls -lah ~/.config/gtk-4.0 to show the status of the symlinks?

[stephanlamoureux]

Your shell theme doesn't seem to be applying properly, nor your GTK4 theme. Can you ls -lah ~/.config/gtk-4.0 to show the status of the symlinks?

I think this looks correct?

[isabelroses]

I think this looks correct?

Those look like dead symlinks to me. Bash does not have error checking for unset vars, so it looks like it symlinked to a dir that does not exist. Shall we try again with something like this. (this does assume that you have the catppuccin themes in ${HOME}/.local/share/themes. Which is what we recommend.)

It's important that you replace <put the catppuccin theme name here> from the commands below since I don't know what theme you selected.

ln -sf "${HOME}/.local/share/themes/<put the catppuccin theme name here>/gtk-4.0/gtk-dark.css" "${HOME}/.config/gtk-4.0/gtk-dark.css"
ln -sf "${HOME}/.local/share/themes/<put the catppuccin theme name here>/gtk-4.0/gtk.css" "${HOME}/.config/gtk-4.0/gtk.css"
ln -sf "${HOME}/.local/share/themes/<put the catppuccin theme name here>/gtk-4.0/assets" "${HOME}/.config/gtk-4.0/assets"

[stephanlamoureux]

Thank you! That did the trick 🙌🏻