How do I change the cursor theme in Ubuntu?

Open GNOME Tweak Tool and go to “Appearances”. On the “Themes” section, click on the “Cursor” selector. A list of cursors that are installed on Ubuntu 17.10 should pop-up. Select any of them, and your cursor should change.

How do I change the cursor theme in Linux?

10 Answers

  1. Download a cursor theme.
  2. Open Gnome Tweak Tool and change the cursor theme.
  3. Open a Terminal.
  4. Run this command: sudo update-alternatives –config x-cursor-theme.
  5. Select the number corresponding to your choice.
  6. Log out.
  7. Log back in.

Where are cursor themes stored?

2 Answers. The cursors are indeed installed in the /usr/share/icons folder. User specific cursor themes can be installed in ~/. local/share/icons folder.

How do I add a cursor in Linux?

To add new cursors, download any from a webside that provides these (as this), and drag and drop the package file onto the theme preferences of your Control Center: To add new icons, just download and extract them into /usr/share/icons as root.

How do I make custom cursor default?

To get started follow the steps below:

  1. Press Win+R to open Run.
  2. Type in regedit and click OK.
  3. Once you open the Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl Panel.
  4. Click on Cursors folder and double-click Default.
  5. When Edit String window opens, type the name of the pointer you’d like to use in the Value data.

How do I change my Xfce cursor theme?

Cursors (4.4 and 4.6)

  1. Extract the theme in ~/.icons. System wide installation in ${sysprefix}/local/share/icons.
  2. Make sure the directory layout looks like this: ./icons//cursors.
  3. Select the theme in the Mouse Settings.

What is Xcursor?

Xcursor is a simple library designed to help locate and load cursors. Cursors can be loaded from files or memory. A library of common cursors exists which map to the standard X cursor names. Cursors can exist in several sizes and the library automatically picks the best size.

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