Papirus is a free and open source SVG icon theme for Linux, based on Paper Icon Set with a lot of new icons and a few extras, like Hardcode-Tray support, KDE colorscheme support, Folder Color support, and others.
Papirus icon theme is available in four variants:
- Papirus (for a light theme with a dark panel)
- Papirus Dark
- Papirus Light
- ePapirus (for elementary OS and Pantheon Desktop)
You can install Papirus from our official PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:papirus/papirus
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install papirus-icon-theme
or download .deb packages from here.
Use the scripts to install the latest version directly from this repo (independently on your distro):
NOTE: Use the same script to update icon themes.
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme/master/install-papirus-root.sh | sh
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme/master/install-papirus-home-gtk.sh | sh
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme/master/install-papirus-home-kde.sh | sh
NOTE: Qt4 apps require libqt4-svg to work correctly.
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme/master/remove-papirus.sh | sh
Packages in this section are not part of the official repositories. If you have a trouble or a question please contact with package maintainer.
| Distro | Maintainer | Package |
|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | Edgard Castro | papirus-icon-theme-git AUR |
| Arch Linux | Josip Ponjavic | papirus-icon-theme-git OBS [link] |
| Fedora | Dirk Davidis | papirus-icon-theme copr |
| Manjaro | Nikola Yanev | papirus-icon-theme |
| openSUSE | Konstantin Voinov | papirus-icon-theme OBS [link] |
| Solus | Joshua Strobl | sudo eopkg install papirus-icon-theme |
NOTE: If you maintainer and want be in the list please create an issue or send a pull request.
Papirus icon theme now supports Hardcode-Tray script
NOTE: To get Papirus to work right with Hardcode-Tray, use the hardcode-tray option --conversion-tool Inkscape:
hardcode-tray --conversion-tool Inkscape
Support for monochrome icons for KDE colorscheme is now available:
- Papirus - for dark plasma theme & light color scheme
- Papirus Dark - for dark plasma theme & color scheme
- Papirus Light - for light plasma theme & color scheme
NOTE: Non-KDE apps don't support KDE colorscheme on the system tray, but you can replace color by manually.
What colors are used for monochrome icons on KDE?
Papirus:
- actions, devices, places
- class: ColorScheme-Text color:
#5c616c - class: ColorScheme-Highlight color:
#5294e2
- class: ColorScheme-Text color:
- panel
- class: ColorScheme-ButtonBackground color:
#d3dae3 - class: ColorScheme-Highlight color:
#5294e2
- class: ColorScheme-ButtonBackground color:
Papirus-Dark:
- actions, devices, places and panel
- class: ColorScheme-Text color:
#d3dae3 - class: ColorScheme-Highlight color:
#5294e2
- class: ColorScheme-Text color:
Papirus-Light:
- actions, devices, places and panel
- class: ColorScheme-Text color:
#5c616c - class: ColorScheme-Highlight color:
#5294e2
- class: ColorScheme-Text color:
Papirus has Folder colors support that allows you to change a global color of folders or just one of them.
Available colors:
For Cinnamon users
For Cinnamon users who want use Papirus icon theme with arc-theme, we recommend the following combinations:
light theme
- Window borders
ArcorArc-Darker - Icons
ePapirus - Controls
ArcorArc-Darker - Desktop
ArcorArc-Dark
dark theme
- Window borders
Arc-Dark - Icons
Papirus-Dark - Controls
Arc-Dark - Desktop
Arc-Darkwith an another color for tray icons:
sudo sed -i.orig 's/white/#d3dae3/g' /usr/share/themes/Arc-Dark/cinnamon/cinnamon.css
Also, increase panel size with Allow Cinnamon to scale panel text and icons according to the panel height option because Papirus contains only 22px and 24px panel's icons.
For Unity users
For Unity users, we recommend installing patched Notify-OSD and change an icon size to 33px.
~/.notify-osd file:
slot-allocation = dynamic
bubble-expire-timeout = 10sec
bubble-vertical-gap = 10px
bubble-horizontal-gap = 10px
bubble-corner-radius = 24px
bubble-icon-size = 33px
bubble-gauge-size = 6px
bubble-width = 240px
bubble-background-color = 2f343f
bubble-background-opacity = 95%
text-margin-size = 10px
text-title-size = 100%
text-title-weight = bold
text-title-color = adb7bf
text-title-opacity = 100%
text-body-size = 90%
text-body-weight = normal
text-body-color = eaeaea
text-body-opacity = 100%
text-shadow-opacity = 50%
location = 1
bubble-prevent-fade = 1
bubble-close-on-click = 1
bubble-as-desktop-bg = 0
Also, you can change Unity launcher icon and unity-tweak-tool icons. Look into the extra folder in the icon theme.
For Xfce users
Here is a few recommendation for Xfce users.
Go to Edit → Preferences.... Click on Side Pane tab. Under Side Pane, look for Icon Size and set to Very Small.
Go to Settings Manager → Panel → Items tab. Select Notification Area item and click on Edit currently selected item button. Under Appearance set the following options:
- Set
Maximum icon size (px)to24 - Uncheck
Show frame
- Application name
- Icon name (see desktop-file option Icon on
/usr/share/applications) - Original icon image
We welcome user contributions. If you don't know where to start, we've compiled a list of things they would like to see in your pull request:
- new icons for missing applications
- symbolic links to an existing icon
- resolving open issues
- spelling, grammar, phrasing
- improvements to our scripts
Inside tools/work you find a step-by-step guide, an environment, and tools that help you:
- create a new icon from template
- make a symlink to an existing icon
- edit an existing icon
- convert your icon to all variants the theme
We are waiting for your pull requests and would love to see this icon theme become as complete as possible.
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