How To Install The GTK3 Mac OS X Lion Theme On Ubuntu 11.10

In this tutorial we are going to help you install the GTK3 Mac OS X Lion theme for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot. This will make Ubuntu 11.10 look like the new Mac OS X Lion OS. This theme is created by MBOSSG at deviantART.

A- Mac OS X Lion Theme Installation

1. Installing Cursors

Open the terminal and run these commands:

wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47950494/Mac-Lion-Cursors.tar.gz
sudo tar -xzvf Mac-Lion-Cursors.tar.gz -C /usr/share/icons

2. Downloading The Theme

[Note]: If you have already a ".themes" folder at your home directory, then skip the fisrt command.

Run these commands:

mkdir ~/.themes
wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47950494/Mac-Lion-Theme.tar.gz
tar -xzvf Mac-Lion-Theme.tar.gz -C ~/.themes

3. Installing Icons:

[Note]: If you have already an ".icons" folder at your home directory, then skip the fisrt command.

Run these commands:

mkdir ~/.icons
wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47950494/Mac-Lion-Icons.tar.gz
tar -xzvf Mac-Lion-Icons.tar.gz -C ~/.icons


B- Enabling The MAC OS X Lion Theme

Install first GNOME Tweak Tool with this command:

sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool


Launch GNOME Tweak Tool and in the Theme tab, enable these options then reboot:

Cursor theme > Mac-Lion-Cursors
Icon theme > Mac-Lion-Icons
GTK+ theme > Mac-Lion-Theme
Window theme > Mac-Lion-Theme

Screenshots:

For Mac OS X Lion sounds, you can download and place them in the /usr/share/sounds folder with these commands:

wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47950494/Mac-Lion-Sound.tar.gz
sudo tar -xzvf Mac-Lion-Sound.tar.gz -C /usr/share/sounds

Then enable them from sound settings.

Enjoy!