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How to Install Ubuntu Touch Suru Icon Theme in Ubuntu Derivatives

You might have noticed and probably loved the unity 8 desktop icon set used in the canonical powered ubuntu mobile and tablet system. Here I can assure you will adore this Suru icon theme set because it’s being revived as an icon set used in ubuntu touch mobile and tablet previously. Though Ubuntu has already closed the development of the Ubuntu mobile system, the dev team behind the Suru icon set has not stopped yet.

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As it’s being revived for the Ubuntu desktop and under heavy active development, so you might find there are plenty of icons missing and incomplete. When the ubuntu designer team left it, the Moka icon team designer took the opportunity to make it polish, tweak, and fix what was missing. Now every ubuntu users can enjoy this beautifully crafted Suru icon set on their system for free.

Suru icon Pack
Image Credit – www.omgubuntu.co.uk

Here you must remember that the dev team, at this moment, is not considering making an icon for third-party apps like Google Chrome, Firefox, VLC, GIMP, etc.

Suru Icon Set

Suru icon set
Image Credit – www.omgubuntu.co.uk

Suru icon on Gnome Desktop

Suru icon on Gnome Desktop
Suru icon on Gnome Desktop. Image Credit – www.omgubuntu.co.uk

How to Install Suru Icon Theme

  • Download the theme folder from the Github below.

Suru icon Theme

  • Extract the Zip file, open it through Terminal by right-clicking on the folder, and select the context menu.
Suru Icon on Terminal with context menu
Suru Icon on Terminal with a context menu. Image Credit –
ubuntuhandbook.org
  • Type make install on the Terminal, and this will install the Suru icon Theme on your Ubuntu system.

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Alternative Process for Installing Suru icon on Ubuntu

There is another way to install the Suru icon set easily. Just run the following command in the Terminal.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install suru-icon-theme

This will install all the necessary dependent packages that are required to use the icon set.

How to Apply Icon set

Run the following command in the Terminal to apply the setting

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme Suru

How to Uninstall

To remove the Suru icon theme, open the theme zip folder through Terminal and run the following command.

make uninstall

I hope you have liked this icon set on your system. If you want to get more Ubuntu themes, please follow the below post.

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Mehedi Hasan
Mehedi Hasan
Mehedi Hasan is a passionate enthusiast for technology. He admires all things tech and loves to help others understand the fundamentals of Linux, servers, networking, and computer security in an understandable way without overwhelming beginners. His articles are carefully crafted with this goal in mind - making complex topics more accessible.

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