Wordpress: installed theme doesn't show up

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Newbie on wordpress here. I just installed wordpress on my PC (ubuntu 12.04) directory '/var/www/wp'. I can see the themes in http://localhost/wp/wp-admin/themes.php.

Now I purchased a new theme xyz.zip and unzipped it in directory /var/www/wp/wp-content/themes, so the directory /var/www/wp/wp-content/themes has a new directory called xyz (in addition to the existing themes).

The problem is, when I refresh the web page http://localhost/wp/wp-admin/themes.php, I don't see the new theme.

Any idea why? Thanks.

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Check if there's a style.css file in the root of the directory. You should check what the readme files say, or find installing instructions. – harrypujols
Thanks @harrypujols for the quick reply, yes, the file style.css is there. Don't see an installation guide for the theme. – packetie

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Duh! Turned out it's permission problem on the directory xyz. Once I fixed the permission, it works ok.