openbox theme error!

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hail_santa

hi

i've been scouring the internet for a couple days now and still can't install custom openbox themes. i downloaded a few neat looking ones from box-look, .obt and .tar.gz files, when i try to install a new .obt theme with obconf i get this error:

Code: 
Unable to extract the file "/usr/home/hailsanta/openbox themes/120432-Ivi_ob.obt".
Please ensure that "/home/hailsanta/.themes" is writable and that the file is a valid Openbox theme archive.
The following errors were reported:
tar: Option --wildcards is not supported
Usage:
  List:    tar -tf <archive-filename>
  Extract: tar -xf <archive-filename>
  Create:  tar -cf <archive-filename> [filenames...]
  Help:    tar --help

.themes is writable

i'm pretty much at a loss.. any help is appreciated
 
hi, thanks for the quick reply

tar -tzf displayed the contents:

Code: 
tar -tzf /home/hailsanta/120432-Ivi_ob.obt
Ivi_ob/openbox-3/
Ivi_ob/openbox-3/bullet.xbm
Ivi_ob/openbox-3/themeric
Ivi_ob/openbox-3/iconify.xbm
Ivi_ob/openbox-3/close.xmb
Ivi_ob/openbox-3/max.xbm
 
hail_santa said:
hi, thanks for the quick reply

tar -tzf displayed the contents:

Code: 
tar -tzf /home/hailsanta/120432-Ivi_ob.obt
Ivi_ob/openbox-3/
Ivi_ob/openbox-3/bullet.xbm
Ivi_ob/openbox-3/themeric
Ivi_ob/openbox-3/iconify.xbm
Ivi_ob/openbox-3/close.xmb
Ivi_ob/openbox-3/max.xbm
Click to expand...

So now do that:
Code: 
% cd ~/.themes
% tar -xzf /home/hailsanta/120432-Ivi_ob.obt

... and try using this theme in Openbox.
 
finally got it!

i just started using bsd (and openbox) last week, so I have a lot to learn. i'm trying to figure out how to do everything myself but anyway, I appreciate the advice, thanks
 
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