How To Install gnome-icon-theme on Debian 10

Learn how to install gnome-icon-theme on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gnome-icon-theme is GNOME Desktop icon theme

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-icon-theme on Debian 10.

What is gnome-icon-theme

gnome-icon-theme is:

This package contains the default icon theme used by the GNOME desktop. The icons are used in the panel menu, and in nautilus and other applications, to represent the different applications, files, directories, and devices.

There are three methods to install gnome-icon-theme on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gnome-icon-theme Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-icon-theme using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-icon-theme

Install gnome-icon-theme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-icon-theme using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-icon-theme

Install gnome-icon-theme 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 gnome-icon-theme using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-icon-theme

How To Uninstall gnome-icon-theme on Debian 10

To uninstall only the gnome-icon-theme package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-icon-theme

Uninstall gnome-icon-theme And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-icon-theme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-icon-theme

Remove gnome-icon-theme Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-icon-theme configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-icon-theme

Remove gnome-icon-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-icon-theme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-icon-theme

Dependencies

gnome-icon-theme have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-icon-theme package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.