How to install Chrome OS theme on Ubuntu

How to install Chrome OS theme on Ubuntu 16.04

A theme is a graphical user interface that the user can set any picture as theme. Chrome OS theme is basically material designed GTK theme with flat and elegant colors. This tutorial explains the installation of Chrome OS theme on Ubuntu 16.04.

Installation procedure

Before beginning the installation procedure, the Unity tweak tool should be installed in the target system for the Chrome OS themes to be supported. To install, execute the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
 themes uploaded on http://www.NoobsLab.com PPA
For exact theme version and support visit on site and see themes page
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~noobslab/+archive/ubuntu/themes
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpdsq9tdu8/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpdsq9tdu8/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key F59EAE4D from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpdsq9tdu8/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key F59EAE4D: public key " Launchpad PPA for NoobsLab"  imported
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

The repositories are added to the terminal. Now update the repository using the apt-get update command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/freyja-dev/unity-tweak-tool-daily/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/themes/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.6 kB]                         
Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]                                         
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/themes/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [3,904 B]                                     
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/themes/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [3,904 B]
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updates/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [188 kB]                                                                                      
Get:22 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,516 B]                                                                                
Get:23 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [3,328 B]                                                                                     
Fetched 3,303 kB in 15s (216 kB/s)                                                                                                                                                  
AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors.
Reading package lists... Done

The repositories are updated in the target system. Install the Chrome OS themes by executing the following command and press y to continue with the installation.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install chrome-android-os-themes -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  chrome-android-os-themes
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 488 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,900 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,561 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/noobslab/themes/ubuntu
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Preparing to unpack .../chrome-android-os-themes_3.20-r3r11~xenial~NoobsLab.com_all.deb ...
Unpacking chrome-android-os-themes (3.20-r3r11~xenial~NoobsLab.com) ...
Setting up chrome-android-os-themes (3.20-r3r11~xenial~NoobsLab.com) ...

The package is installed successfully and now the user can use any type of GTK theme installed in the Unity Tweak Tool.

Wasn' t that an easy installation procedure? The Chrome OS theme contains a set of GTK themes that resembles the Windows OS themes.