How To Install The GTK3 Mac OS X Lion Theme On Ubuntu 11.10/12.04

In this tutorial we are going to help you install the GTK3 Mac OS X Lion theme for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot or Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. This will make Ubuntu look like the new Mac OS X Lion OS. This theme is created by MBOSSG at deviantART.

A- Mac OS X Lion Theme Installation

1. Installing Cursors

Open the terminal and run these commands:

wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47950494/Mac-Lion-Cursors.tar.gz

sudo tar -xzvf Mac-Lion-Cursors.tar.gz -C /usr/share/icons

2. Downloading The Theme

[Note]: If you have already a ".themes" folder at your home directory, then skip the fisrt command.

Run these commands:

mkdir ~/.themes

wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47950494/Mac-Lion-Theme.tar.gz

tar -xzvf Mac-Lion-Theme.tar.gz -C ~/.themes

3. Installing Icons:

[Note]: If you have already an ".icons" folder at your home directory, then skip the fisrt command.

Run these commands:

mkdir ~/.icons

wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47950494/Mac-Lion-Icons.tar.gz

tar -xzvf Mac-Lion-Icons.tar.gz -C ~/.icons

B- Enabling The MAC OS X Lion Theme

Method 1

Install first GNOME Tweak Tool with this command:

sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

Launch GNOME Tweak Tool and in the Theme tab, enable these options then reboot:

Cursor theme > Mac-Lion-Cursors
Icon theme > Mac-Lion-Icons
GTK+ theme > Mac-Lion-Theme
Window theme > Mac-Lion-Theme

Method 2:

Or run simply these commands from the terminal:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'Mac-Lion-Theme'

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme 'Mac-Lion-Icons'

gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/metacity/general/theme 'Mac-Lion-Theme'

Screenshots:

 

Source :  http://www.upubuntu.com/2011/11/how-to-install-gtk3-mac-os-x-lion-theme.html