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#909
Excalibur + MATE Desktop: clearlooks-phenix-lightpurpy-theme doesn't work
Reported by: Logic Finity <logicfinity@zohomail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 05:42:01 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version clearlooks-phenix-lightpurpy-theme/7.0.1-4
Fixed in version 7.0.1-6
Done: Boian Bonev <bbonev@devuan.org>
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bug#909; Package clearlooks-phenix-lightpurpy-theme.
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Package: clearlooks-phenix-lightpurpy-theme
Version: 7.0.1-4
* Steps to reproduce
- Install Excalibur with the MATE desktop using
devuan_excalibur_6.0-20250830_amd64_netinstall.iso.
- In Synaptic, install both clearlooks-phenix-lightpurpy-theme and
clearlooks-phenix-darkpurpy-theme.
- Go to System -> Preferences -> Look and Feel -> Appearance
- In the Theme tab, the DarkPurpy preview appears, but the LightPurpy preview
does not. Instead, it shows a question mark.
- Clicking on LightPurpy shows the error: "... the required GTK+ theme
'Clearlooks-Phenix-LightPurpy' is not installed."
* Cause
- In the file /usr/share/themes/Clearlooks-Phenix-Lightpurpy/index.theme, the
fields "GtkTheme" and "MetacityTheme" have the value
"Clearlooks-Phenix-LightPurpy", but the directory name is
"Clearlooks-Phenix-Lightpurpy", with a lower case 'p'.
- I've confirmed that changing both fields to "Clearlooks-Phenix-Lightpurpy"
fixes the theme.
- I've also confirmed that renaming the directory to
"Clearlooks-Phenix-LightPurpy" also fixes the theme. I think this is the better
solution, because it matches the DarkPurpy capitalization.
* Proposed solution
- Update the package to install the theme in the directory
"Clearlooks-Phenix-LightPurpy".
* Additional info
- I couldn't reproduce this problem in the Live Desktop
devuan_excalibur_6.0-noraid-2025-08-29_1719_amd64_desktop-live.iso, Xfce
desktop. From my testing, it appears that Xfce's Appearance app doesn't read the
index.theme file. You can delete that file and the theme still works.
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bug acknowledged by developer.
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Version: 7.0.1-6
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