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I downloaded GnomishDark every since I applied the theme Ubuntu 12.10 hasn't been the same. I reverted to a pre-loaded theme but I think some of the dependency GnomishDark applied may be the problem.

However, whenever I go to uninstall it with sudo apt-get remove GnomishDark I am getting this: E: unable to locate package GnomishDark.

If I do cd /usr/share/themes and then ls, the theme is present and listed as GnomishDark.

Am I doing something wrong?

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That is normal, because GnomishDark is not a package that can be removed with the apt-get command.

When you install a theme, you are just putting the files into the appropriate folder. So all you need to do is remove the GnomishDark folder (and its subfolders). You can do this as described below:

  • If you have the theme in the /usr/share/themes directory, enter:

    sudo rm -r /usr/share/themes/NAME_OF_THEME_FOLDER

  • If you have the theme in the ~/.themes directory, enter:

    sudo rm -r ~/.themes/NAME_OF_THEME_FOLDER

-r is for recursive and tells rm to remove the parent folder as well as subfolders.

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