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On xfce in the past I would install icons or even install through package manager and get an ! with a warning on the icon cache is missing.

Well I used the terminal typing in the long command and it would not work sometimes. I did a workaround instead that is a lot easier with no typing a huge path either.

Now make a new text file on the desktop named "icon-theme.cache" no " of course.

No if xfce open thunar then go to file system and then usr/share/icons then right click on icons folder and open as root or open thunar by sudo thunar or su then thunar and you have a root thunar.

Now you do that so you can edit files in the root file system and we are only pasting but that still requires root privilege.

Now open appearances and go to second tab icons. You see the ! next to some icon theme names and if you hold cursor over the ! it'll have a warning about no cache file for icons. I found it's just an empty text file that is needed there.

Now using root thunar open the icons folder usr/share/icons and then in appearance icon tab start at top move down noting each icon theme with an !.

On desktop copy the file you made earlier "not cut but copy" and then in thunar right click on the name in the appearce/ icon that needed a cache file. Lets use the name shawn for instance. right click on shawn folder and choose paste, now do this with each icon name in appearance that had the ! till done.

Now a twist, now if one is still holding an ! after you restart appearances window to refresh then it was installed in the home folder under a hidden folder for me it would be in thunar root or non root thunar got to top and click view then click show hidden files and a bunch of folder will appear.

Now for the buuf icon theme "the best one I believe really done by actual artist" it was /home/shawn/.local/share/icons/ , note the .local that would be before all files not having a . in front of the folder name you might actually be able to copy that path and change shawn to your systems name which is likely your username and go to that folder for the icon themes. Then do the same thing paste that icon-theme.cache into the icons folder with the name of the icon theme that still needs a cache file.

This is the lazy fast way to do all this instead of mistyping paths in the terminal then rereading trying to figure out where you fucked up. And then hitting the up arrow to have the last command come up and changing the icon folder name each time.

I wrote this because I just fixed all the caches in around 2 minutes including making the text file on the desktop to copy and paste into each folder though you only have to copy once paste 20 times or however many icon themes need a cache file.

On xfce in the past I would install icons or even install through package manager and get an ! with a warning on the icon cache is missing. Well I used the terminal typing in the long command and it would not work sometimes. I did a workaround instead that is a lot easier with no typing a huge path either. Now make a new text file on the desktop named "icon-theme.cache" no " of course. No if xfce open thunar then go to file system and then usr/share/icons then right click on icons folder and open as root or open thunar by sudo thunar or su then thunar and you have a root thunar. Now you do that so you can edit files in the root file system and we are only pasting but that still requires root privilege. Now open appearances and go to second tab icons. You see the ! next to some icon theme names and if you hold cursor over the ! it'll have a warning about no cache file for icons. I found it's just an empty text file that is needed there. Now using root thunar open the icons folder usr/share/icons and then in appearance icon tab start at top move down noting each icon theme with an !. On desktop copy the file you made earlier "not cut but copy" and then in thunar right click on the name in the appearce/ icon that needed a cache file. Lets use the name shawn for instance. right click on shawn folder and choose paste, now do this with each icon name in appearance that had the ! till done. Now a twist, now if one is still holding an ! after you restart appearances window to refresh then it was installed in the home folder under a hidden folder for me it would be in thunar root or non root thunar got to top and click view then click show hidden files and a bunch of folder will appear. Now for the buuf icon theme "the best one I believe really done by actual artist" it was /home/shawn/.local/share/icons/ , note the .local that would be before all files not having a . in front of the folder name you might actually be able to copy that path and change shawn to your systems name which is likely your username and go to that folder for the icon themes. Then do the same thing paste that icon-theme.cache into the icons folder with the name of the icon theme that still needs a cache file. This is the lazy fast way to do all this instead of mistyping paths in the terminal then rereading trying to figure out where you fucked up. And then hitting the up arrow to have the last command come up and changing the icon folder name each time. I wrote this because I just fixed all the caches in around 2 minutes including making the text file on the desktop to copy and paste into each folder though you only have to copy once paste 20 times or however many icon themes need a cache file.

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OK, hardware issues. But can you automate that? Sure, it's just a peeve bug that you can ignore, non-essential, but a double click solution would be nice.