1. Get the Mixed Theme Package from:

    http://www.vakuumverpackt.de/fvwm/


2. Make a backup of your current .fvwm2rc configuration file:

    $ cd
    $ mv -i .fvwm2rc .fvwm2rc-backup


3. Extract the package into the .fvwm directory:

    $ bash --version
    GNU bash, version 4.1.5(1)-release (i486-pc-linux-gnu)

    $ wget --version
    GNU Wget 1.12 built on linux-gnu.

    $ cd
    $ mkdir .fvwm
    $ cd .fvwm
    $ wget http://www.vakuumverpackt.de/fvwm/MixedThemePackage-0.8.tar.gz
    $ tar -zxvf MixedThemePackage-0.8.tar.gz
    $ ln -s -f MixedThemePackage-0.8 MixedThemePackage


4. Convert the wallpapers to PNG:

    $ convert --version
    Version: ImageMagick 6.6.0-4 2010-11-16 Q16 http://www.imagemagick.org

    $ cd ~/.fvwm/MixedThemePackage/themes
    $ find * -name 'wallpaper*.jpg' -print -exec convert -set filename:name "%d/%t" {} %[filename:name].png \;


5. Get the wallpapers for the green stripes and grey stripes theme from LouieMantia.com:

    $ unzip -v
    UnZip 6.00 of 20 April 2009, by Debian. Original by Info-ZIP.

    $ cd
    $ mkdir LouieMantia.com
    $ cd LouieMantia.com
    $ wget http://www.louiemantia.com/files/desktops/sgwa_w.zip
    $ unzip sgwa_w.zip

    Create the wallpaper of the green stripes theme:

    $ mkdir greenstripes
    $ cd greenstripes
    $ cp "../SG Wall/SG Striped Wallpaper #11.jpg" wallpaper-1920x1200.jpg
    $ convert wallpaper-1920x1200.jpg wallpaper-1920x1200.png
    $ convert -filter cubic -resize 1280x1024! wallpaper-1920x1200.png wallpaper-1280x1024.png
    $ mv -i wallpaper*.png ~/.fvwm/MixedThemePackage/themes/greenstripes/images/
    $ cd ..

    Create the wallpaper of the grey stripes theme:

    $ mkdir greystripes
    $ cd greystripes
    $ cp "../SG Wall/SG Striped Wallpaper #14.jpg" wallpaper-1920x1200.jpg
    $ convert wallpaper-1920x1200.jpg wallpaper-1920x1200.png
    $ convert -filter cubic -resize 1280x1024! wallpaper-1920x1200.png wallpaper-1280x1024.png
    $ mv -i wallpaper*.png ~/.fvwm/MixedThemePackage/themes/greystripes/images/
    $ cd ..

    Cleaning up:

    $ rm -rf "SG Wall" "__MACOSX" greenstripes greystripes


6. Select a theme.

    Create a link to .fvwm2rc:

        $ ln -s ~/.fvwm/MixedThemePackage/.fvwm2rc ~/.fvwm2rc

    Select a theme in .fvwm2rc:

        $ vim ~/.fvwm2rc
        $ cat ~/.fvwm2rc
        Read MixedThemePackage/themes/wheat/wheat-1920x1200.fvwm


7. Start X and FVWM:

    $ startx


8. Enjoy! :-)

