How To Install claws-mail-themes on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-themes on Debian 9. claws-mail-themes is Pixmap icon themes for the Claws Mail mailer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-themes on Debian 9.

What is claws-mail-themes

claws-mail-themes is:

These are the user contributed icon themes for the Claws Mail mailer. Currently includes 39 icon themes from various authors:

achileus-noname A_Ducks_Claw black Blaue_Klaue blue_anarchy clawsola Coons-Blue-0.3 Crystal elementary Everaldo_Kids Fugue Gnomaws-0.6a Gnome gnome-brave Gnomeria Gorillaws Graphitte-0.9.7 hydroxygen Korillaws Kovico-claws Logos-1.0.1 mongrel mongrel2 mozilla Navigator New_Session Old_Dark_Theme orbit-claws Phoenity Plain_and_Bluish Skypilot_Clawssic stw Sylpholution SylZilla Tango_v1.2.1 tml02c tom_2.1.1 UltimateClawsMail0.5.1 XeNtish

There are three methods to install claws-mail-themes on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install claws-mail-themes Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-themes using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install claws-mail-themes

Install claws-mail-themes Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-themes using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install claws-mail-themes

Install claws-mail-themes Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-themes using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install claws-mail-themes

How To Uninstall claws-mail-themes on Debian 9

To uninstall only the claws-mail-themes package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove claws-mail-themes

Uninstall claws-mail-themes And Its Dependencies

To uninstall claws-mail-themes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove claws-mail-themes

Remove claws-mail-themes Configurations and Data

To remove claws-mail-themes configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge claws-mail-themes

Remove claws-mail-themes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove claws-mail-themes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge claws-mail-themes

Dependencies

claws-mail-themes have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-themes package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.