Dark Theme in WSL2

Implement a “dark theme” for GUI apps in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2)

To enact a “dark theme” in Ubuntu 22.04, I installed GNOME Tweaks:

sudo apt install gnome-tweaks

Then I configured the following settings:

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.ubuntu color-scheme prefer-dark
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme Yaru-dark
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme prefer-dark
gsettings reset org.gnome.shell.ubuntu color-scheme

Graphical apps such as Nautilus and Firefox were then displayed with a “dark theme”.

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3 responses to “Dark Theme in WSL2”

On 14 January 2024, rnd22x wrote:

Got an error in Ubuntu WSL2:
rnd22x@DESKTOP-2KLAXDX:~$ (process:46887): dconf-WARNING **: 18:27:31.451: failed to commit changes to dconf: Could not connect: No such file or directory

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On 18 September 2024, belarin wrote:

I had the same issue with the dconf-WARNING. I found this thread https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/10947, which mentioned adding the line

export $(dbus-launch)

to my .bashrc file.

After doing that, I was able to run the commands without error and get the desired effect.

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On 14 January 2024, rnd22x wrote:

After:
> gsettings set org.gnome.shell.ubuntu color-scheme prefer-dark
Got an error:
failed to commit changes to dconf: Could not connect: No such file or directory

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