---
name: "switch2"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gtk-theme-switch"
version: "2.0.5"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/switch2"
---

# switch2(1)

program to preview and adjust your GTK+ 2.x theme

## NAME

switch2 — program to preview and adjust your GTK+ 2.x theme

## SYNOPSIS

**switch2** \[**-h**\]  \[**-p** *theme\]  \[***-i** *tarball\]  \[***-f** *font\]  \[***-d***\]*

## DESCRIPTION

*This manual page documents briefly the*  **switch2** *command, utility for managing GTK+ 1.x/2.x theme.*

*The interface is simple; a "theme dock" is used to select the theme you wish* *to change to or preview, and then it is a matter of selecting what you want to* *do - apply it or preview it.*

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  *Show summary of options.*

- **-d**

  *Show the 'theme dock' (default.)*

- **-p \[theme\]**

  *Previews the specified theme, or installs it if in a tarball and then previews.*

- **-i \[theme\]**

  *Installs the specified theme, or installs it if in a tarball.*

- **-f \[font\]**

  *Change the GTK+ display font to font.*

## SEE ALSO

*None.*

## AUTHOR

*This manual page was written by Joshua Kwan \<joshk@triplehelix.org\> for*  *the* **Debian** *system (but may be used by others).  Permission is*  *granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under*  *the terms of the GNU Free Documentation*  *License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free*  *Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover*  *Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.*  *created by instant / docbook-to-man, Sun 17 Aug 2003, 01:18*