Creating KDE cursor theme packages

If you downloaded a KDE cursor theme but can't add it in KDE Control Centre, see if you can find the following in the package you downloaded:

• index.theme - regular text file
• cursors - folder containing cursor files

If these exists, you can attempt to create a KDE cursor theme package out of it such that KDE Control Centre will add it automatically:

1. Create a folder properly named, ie. my_cursors
2. Copy index.theme into the folder
   
3. Copy cursors into the folder. Your folder layout now should be:
• [folder]
  
• index.theme
• cursors
• [cursors]
  
4. Create a tar.gz archive out of the folder, either
   
• using Konqueror: right click -> compress->.tar.gz
• using command line: tar -zcvf folder.tar.gz folder/
5. Go to KDE Control Centre -> Peripherals -> Mouse -> Cursor Theme -> Install New Theme and add it.
   

And you are done!

Cheers,
Steve