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ubuntu 20.04 install adwaita dark theme
# default theme broken and not available after upgrade from ubuntu 18.04
# running these two commands seems to fix it
sudo apt-get --reinstall install ubuntu-session
sudo apt-get --reinstall install yaru-*
# optionally reset everything
dconf reset -f /org/gnome/
# tweak tool to select theme
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak
# add adwaita-dark theme variant
sudo apt-get install gnome-themes-extra
# open tweaks and go to Appearance and select Adwaita-dark
gnome-tweaks
# also set gtk default
vim ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
# set: gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme=1
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do we also need to restart our system after running this script.

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