#1089082 breeze-cursor-theme: I can't use Breeze_Snow as my cursor in update-alternatives

#1089082#5
Date:
2024-12-05 07:10:57 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

After last changes and removing of config files, Breeze cursors are not
proposed in update-alternatives x-cursor-theme configuration, so I can't use
them in my openbox machine anymore. I don't know why behavior has changed. Any
clue?

Thanks.

#1089082#10
Date:
2026-02-12 19:23:57 UTC
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Hi!

It seems to me that a possible reason for breeze-cursor-theme not being
listed in `update-alternatives` is that it, contrary to other cursor
theme packages, is containing no `cursor.theme` under `/usr/share/icons`:

$ apt-file list breeze-cursor-theme | grep -F cursor.theme
<no output>
$ apt-file search /cursor.theme
adwaita-icon-theme: /usr/share/icons/Adwaita/cursor.theme
bibata-cursor-theme: /usr/share/icons/Bibata-Modern-Amber/cursor.theme
[...]

BTW, I'm also running trixie (breeze-cursor-theme version 4:6.3.5-1),
and upon upgrade from bookworm, my `x-cursor-theme` alternative was
broken, pointing the `/etc/alternatives/x-cursor-theme` symlink at a
no-longer existing file, namely `/etc/X11/cursors/breeze_cursors.theme`.

Kind regards,
Rotty