Make QT application more Gnome-like

Install needed software

First we need to install qt3-qtconfig in order to change the sytles:

sudo apt-get install qt3-qtconfig

Now we install Polymer QT Theme (Looks like gnomes clearlooks): Add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list file:

sarge (stable)->hoary:

deb http://www.informatik.tu-cottbus.de/~mkrause/debian sarge main

etch (testing) / sid (unstable)->breezy:

deb http://www.informatik.tu-cottbus.de/~mkrause/debian sid main

Run the following commands:

apt-get update
apt-get install polymer 

Debian packages provided and maintained by Mathias Krause. [Polymer project page http://static.int.pl/~mig21/dev/releases/polymer/]

If you want to use a font like Trebuchet we need to install msstcorefonts:

sudo apt-get install msstcorefonts

If you want to use XlinSans (What I personaly prefer and also use in my gnome system):

wget ftp://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/altlinux/Master/2.4/ALTLinux/RPMS.main/dmtr40in-fonts-1.0-alt2.noarch.rpm
sudo alien -d dmtr40in-fonts-1.0-alt2.noarch.rpm
sudo dpkg -i dmtr40in-fonts_1.0-1_all.deb

if you don't have alien install it via: sudo apt-get install alien.

Configure

Let's configure it:

qtconfig

You can make for example the following changes:

-Default Font-
Family: Trebuchet MS
Style: Normal
Point Size: 10

or chosse "XLinSans"!

Click on the Library Paths tab. In the input-box at the bottom enter

/usr/plugins

then click add, save it and restart and choose polymer as GUI Style and save it again.

Now we configure the polymer theme:

polymer-config

Down around the bottom you'll see KDE Style Settings, change the Transparency Engine to Software Tint and then close the application and save it.

Thanks: [FLeiXiuS http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=56630&page=1&pp=10]