How To Install fusion-icon on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fusion-icon on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fusion-icon
fusion-icon is:
The OpenCompositing Project brings 3D desktop visual effects that improve the usability and eye candy of the X Window System and provide increased productivity.
This package contains a tray icon that allows you to easily enable, disable and restart Compiz, and change the currently used window manager and/or window decorator.
There are three methods to install fusion-icon on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fusion-icon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fusion-icon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fusion-icon
Install fusion-icon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fusion-icon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fusion-icon
Install fusion-icon 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fusion-icon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fusion-icon
How To Uninstall fusion-icon on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fusion-icon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fusion-icon
Uninstall fusion-icon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fusion-icon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fusion-icon
Remove fusion-icon Configurations and Data
To remove fusion-icon configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fusion-icon
Remove fusion-icon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fusion-icon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fusion-icon
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fusion-icon package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
