Dear Maintainer,
So, I'm using gnome DE and I wanted to have custom cursor theme.
Using google all I found is that to install cursor theme (as user) I need to
put it in .local/share/icons folder.
Theme also can be installed in /usr/share/icons, but I find that method less
suitable for me.
After moving cursor theme to .local/share/icons and launching gnome tweaks I
found the theme in Appearance/Themes/Cursor.
Then I selected installed theme and restarted gnome shell (Alt-F2, typed "r").
I found that cursor theme was still default Adwaita, but, as you can imagine, I
expected custom theme to be applied.
After more searching I discovered that .icons folder can be used instead
(https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/14tykuk/cursor_themes_placed_under_localshareicons_does/).
I symlinked .icons to .local/share/icons and it worked, actually.
The fact that cursor theme is recognized when put in .local/share/icons, but
can't be really applied was somewhat confusing.