Howto Change Default Cursor Theme in Debian

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    If you want to change the default cursor theme first you need to install one of the available cursor themes

    crystalcursors
    dmz-cursor-theme
    xcursor-themes
    comixcursors
    Chameleon-custor-theme
    Big-cursor

    For example i am installing crystalcursors

    #aptitude install crystalcursors

    This will complete the installation.

    Now you need to run the update-alternative to set/change the current cursor-theme, when prompted give the number of the theme and press enter.

    #update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme

    There are 24 alternatives which provide `x-cursor-theme'.

    Selection Alternative
    -----------------------------------------------
    1 /etc/X11/cursors/core.theme
    2 /etc/X11/cursors/redglass.theme
    3 /etc/X11/cursors/whiteglass.theme
    4 /etc/X11/cursors/handhelds.theme
    + 5 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalblue_classic.theme
    6 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalblue_nonanim.theme
    7 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalblueleft.theme
    8 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalblueleft_classic.theme
    9 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalblueleft_nonanim.theme
    10 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalgray.theme
    11 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalgray_nonanim.theme
    12 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalgrayleft.theme
    13 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalgrayleft_nonanim.theme
    14 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalgreen.theme
    15 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalgreen_classic.theme
    16 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalgreen_nonanim.theme
    17 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalgreenleft.theme
    18 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalgreenleft_classic.theme
    19 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalgreenleft_nonanim.theme
    20 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalwhite.theme
    21 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalwhite_nonanim.theme
    * 22 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalwhiteleft.theme
    23 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalwhiteleft_nonanim.theme
    24 /etc/X11/cursors/crystalblue.theme

    Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 23
    Using ‘/etc/X11/cursors/crystalwhiteleft_nonanim.theme' to provide ‘x-cursor-theme'

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       Posted by at 12:03 am
      • Cem ÜNAL

        Thanks. I ask this in freenode channel but…
        I found in there; thanks again.

      • suidr00t

        Good HowTo. Thanks.

      • Teeandy

        :)

        how to do this with dreamlinux?

        thx andy

      • Teeandy

        thx god

        done

        fg

      • leshij

        need to be restart X?

      • eviltree

        Very Useful. Thanks.

      • teeandy

        :)
        still cracy on it

      • Bob Robertson

        Thank you! This is exactly what I needed.

        The default installed with KDE-4, the “oxygen” cursor, is unusable on a dark background. The xcursor-themes core theme is what I’ve grown accustomed to.

        I appreciate DebianAdmin.com greatly. Thank you again.

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