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How to get the Unity Tweak Tool running in Ubuntu 17.10.

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I was trying to run the Unity Tweak Tool on Ubuntu 17.10 and I got this error.

jason@kaio:~$ unity-tweak-tool 
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UnityTweakTool/__init__.py:40: PyGIWarning: Gtk was imported without specifying a version first. Use gi.require_version('Gtk', '3.0') before import to ensure that the right version gets loaded.
  from gi.repository import Gtk
Error: schema com.canonical.notify-osd not installed

This prevented the program from running.

So I found a solution, install these packages and it will run just fine.

jason@kaio:~$ sudo apt-get install notify-osd
jason@kaio:~$ sudo apt-get install overlay-scrollbar

Now I could get the Unity tweak tool to run. It is pretty stupid that you need to install a third-party app just to change the desktop theme. Windows 7 came with that functionality by default. But it does work well once this fix is used. The Unity desktop in 17.10 allows the dock to be placed on the bottom of the screen. This saves screen space on a widescreen monitor. Looks great too.


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