Elegance and Ambiance themes for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

Ambiance And Elegance themes for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot (Unity + Gnome Shell)

>> To Install Themes:

• First backup your Gnome Shell theme directory i.e. "/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme/".
• Extract the tar.gz file and rename "gnome-shell" directory to "theme", 
• Copy it to "/usr/share/gnome-shell/".
• Restart GNOME Shell by pressing "Alt+F2", then type r and press Enter.

You can also install theme selector extension and use gnome tweak tool to switch themes. Follow the instructions below (for Ubuntu 11.10):
Open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T -or- Press Alt+F2 and type: gnome-terminal) and copy the following command in the Terminal:

Terminal Command:
sudo apt-get install git-core

Install Gnome Tweak Tool by running following command:

Terminal Command:
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

Download Gnome Shell extensions by running following command:

Terminal Command:
git clone git://git.gnome.org/gnome-shell-extensions

Now access the directory from terminal by running following command:

Terminal Command:
cd gnome-shell-extensions/ && ./autogen.sh --prefix=$HOME/.local --enable-extensions="user-theme"

Logout, come back and use Gnome Tweak Tool to switch themes.


>> Elegance Theme
Elegance is a clean HUD theme for Gnome Shell made by Satyajit Sahoo. The theme is compatible with the latest Gnome Shell 3.2.

Download Elegance Theme
or by following code:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:satyajit-happy/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-theme-elegance

>> Ambiance Theme
Ambiance Blue - a theme pack that includes a GTK2, GTK3 and GNOME Shell theme -, has been updated for GNOME 3.2:

Ambiance supports GNOME 3.2 (and GNOME Shell 3.2), the latest Ambiance Blue also comes with support for the Unity panel:

Download Ambiance Theme
or by following commands:

Terminal Commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:satyajit-happy/themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ambiance-blue-theme

That's it, Enjoy