Install Helium 2.0.0 (Mouse Cursor Theme) on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 wily werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Linux Mint  17.1, Linux Mint 17.2, Linux Mint 17.3 and other Ubuntu derivative systems.


What is Helium ?

Helium: Aqua, Black, Gold, Lime, Magenta, Orange, Red, Silver, White and Yellow. Available cursors size: 24, 32, 40, 48, 56 and 64 pixels. It’s fully animated, also is slightly translucent to help you position it quickly and correctly: currently has a 78 percent level of opacity.

The pointers were made with Inkscape, and they are totally flat. They are an attractive pointers, with double stroke: Black and White colors. Cursors are looking well in both dark and clear backgrounds. I will appreciate any comments to improve this cursor theme.


It works fine in Gnome and Unity, and now I’ve added some symlinks to Steam, and everything needed for KDE with Kwin, Cinnamon, Pantheon, Xcfe.

I decided to upload it, and after will go improving it. I would like change a few things so you can expect updates. If you find any bugs, please let me know in comments section.

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If you don’t know how to install a mouse theme with multi sized property or to choose a cursor size, go to http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=164300, there you can see the instructions for Gnome2/3.x, Unity, KDE, Cinnamon, Pantheon and Xfce.

How to Install Helium 2.0.0 (Mouse Cursor Theme) on Ubuntu / Linux Mint :

wget http://download1653.mediafire.com/66dxdlmswgtg/ohrife5xiiozux7/Helium-Aqua.tgz

sudo tar -xvzf Helium-Aqua.tgz

sudo mv Helium-Aqua /usr/share/icons/ 

wget http://download1337.mediafire.com/acjx7e2dsgkg/74diazvzd9ydq6p/Helium-Black.tgz

sudo tar -xvzf Helium-Black.tgz

sudo mv Helium-Black /usr/share/icons/ 

wget http://download1072.mediafire.com/tl7cq020y8wg/4xtq7m8ozy7hxt8/Helium-Magenta.tgz

sudo tar -xvzf Helium-Magenta.tgz

sudo mv Helium-Magenta /usr/share/icons/ 

wget http://download1587.mediafire.com/xjn6qocz3h2g/78k351v7ocsbhjs/Helium-Lime.tgz

sudo tar -xvzf Helium-Lime.tgz

sudo mv Helium-Lime /usr/share/icons/ 

wget http://download1336.mediafire.com/efu27y46ivkg/fjtl3xy6v6uaiki/Helium-Gold.tgz

sudo tar -xvzf Helium-Gold.tgz

sudo mv Helium-Gold /usr/share/icons/ 

wget http://download846.mediafire.com/2vmqidg5bgfg/o2ub10hwq9nzp0w/Helium-Orange.tgz

sudo tar -xvzf Helium-Orange.tgz

sudo mv Helium-Orange /usr/share/icons/

wget http://download940.mediafire.com/gg3uqd7xupsg/7an6dytyk94mlja/Helium-Red.tgz

sudo tar -xvzf Helium-Red.tgz

sudo mv Helium-Red /usr/share/icons/

wget http://download1486.mediafire.com/8d4t7u5v9xwg/db1iejc6jnj28e4/Helium-Silver.tgz

sudo tar -xvzf Helium-Silver.tgz

sudo mv Helium-Silver /usr/share/icons/

wget http://download1077.mediafire.com/g1rx123hoaog/zwdzdihbzinzheq/Helium-White.tgz

sudo tar -xvzf Helium-White.tgz

sudo mv Helium-White /usr/share/icons/

wget http://download1493.mediafire.com/i0bmdsakoqhg/jo9152ubjnb1d05/Helium-Yellow.tgz

sudo tar -xvzf Helium-Yellow.tgz

sudo mv Helium-Yellow /usr/share/icons/ 

After download and move to folder icon, install unity-tweak-tool

sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool

open unity tweak tool, and choose your cursor theme, like tihs :



Choose Helium cursor icon :