INSTALL.md

Installation from source

Dependencies

Materia requires the following build and runtime dependencies:

• meson >= 0.47.0
• sassc
• gnome-themes-extra (or gnome-themes-standard for older distributions)
• Murrine engine — The package name depends on the distro:
  • gtk-engine-murrine on Arch Linux
  • gtk-murrine-engine on Fedora
  • gtk2-engine-murrine on openSUSE
  • gtk2-engines-murrine on Debian, Ubuntu, etc.

Steps to install

1. Clone the repository and move into the project directory in terminal:

git clone https://github.com/nana-4/materia-theme
cd materia-theme

2. Configure and install it using Meson:

meson _build
meson install -C _build

Build options

Option	Default Value	Description
prefix	/usr	Installation prefix
colors	default,light,dark	Choose color variant(s)
sizes	default,compact	Choose size variant(s)
gnome_shell_version	n/a (auto)	Manually set gnome-shell version
gtk4_version	n/a (auto)	Manually set gtk4 version

Build options can be set at the configuration time, for example:

meson _build -Dprefix="$HOME/.local" -Dcolors=default,dark -Dsizes=compact

Uninstallation

Delete the installed directories:

sudo rm -rf /usr/share/themes/Materia{,-dark,-light}{,-compact}