I tried to install various themes on Ubuntu 14.04.1 on two computer though I succeed on one I completely messed up on the other. The problem is although I have deleted the theme files and ppa-purged the corresponding repositories and after purging the themes, I still have left-over files and tweak tools(Gnome TT, UTT) still show some of the deleted themes and tries to switch to them when clicked on. Is there a way to restore everything to the default state at the time of installation? I think deleting folders/files inside /usr/share/icons, ~/.icons, /usr/share/themes and /.themes are not enough as evidenced by the presence of the names of the themes in the dropdown list of the tweak tools. How can I achieve my aim?
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The problem was apparently caused by leftover files in the /usr/share/themes directory. I knew that the files causing the entries in the Ubuntu Tweak Tool and other tweak tools should reside in either /usr/share/themes or ~/.themes since I deleted the latter one I found out that the files causing the problem was in the /usr/share/themes directory, I deleted them then purged all the PPAs associated with the themes then I got a near fresh install although I am not exactly sure if I had deleted any default themes by then or not. Anyways, the moral is that directly copy pasting themes from another computer may not work, especially if they are installed via PPA and you mess with permissions by carrying it with an USB pen formatted in NTFS or something that does not support Linux permissions.
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