for user startup applications use mate-session-properties - it is accessed from System|Preferences|Personal|Startup Applications (or System|Control Center, then Startup Applications from here).I know you can install icon themes locally by placing them in /.local/share/icons.

I was wondering if theres a way to install it without adding a ppa, or using a. for default applications use mate-default-applications-properties - it is accessed from System|Preferences|Personal|Preferred Applications (or System|Control Center, then Preferred Applications from here). I want to spice up my Ubuntu installation a bit by adding a theme.

for desktop icons, interface panel placement (such as selecting Mutiny layout) and window settings use mate-tweak - it is accessed from System|Preferences|Look and Feel|MATE Tweak (or System|Control Center, then MATE Tweak from here).

Open the file browser and press Ctrl + H to see them. Install GTK and Icon Theme in Ubuntu: First, let’s take a look at where the themes will be installed: For use by a single user, themes can be installed on: of the user. 2.) Click the download link: 3.) Select Save File and click Ok. In Ubuntu, GTK themes change the look and feel of your desktop panel, application window, menus, and so on, and icon themes change the system-wide icons.

for customizing LightDM login screen use lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings-pkexec - it is accessed from System|Administration|LightDM GTK+ Greeter settings (or System|Control Center, then LightDM GTK+ Greeter settings from here). Disclaimer: This is not necessarily my recommendation for you if you’re looking to customize your Ubuntu system, but then, I’m a reasonable human being so I will have a list of themes and icons sets you can use with your Ubuntu system in the nearer future so be on the lookout. Method (1): Installing Themes in a Terminal Window 1.) Search for a theme: 2.) Click the Ubuntu icon: 3.) Type terminal in the search bar: 4.) Click the terminal: 5.) Install theme package.

for selecting and customizing theme use mate-appearance-properties - it is accessed from System|Preferences|Look and Feel|Appearance (or System|Control Center, then Appearance from here).

You can customize MATE DE with the following tools: It is great that you use Ubuntu MATE, but it is strange why you are trying to use unity-tweak-tool here.

Ubuntu 16.04 themes and icons