How To Install gnome-noble-icon-theme on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-noble-icon-theme on Debian 9. gnome-noble-icon-theme is purple variation of the GNOME-Colors icon theme

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-noble-icon-theme on Debian 9.

What is gnome-noble-icon-theme

gnome-noble-icon-theme is:

GNOME-Colors is a set of GNOME icon themes, with some inspiration from Tango, Elementary, Discovery, Tango Generator and others.

Its goal is to create an easy way for anyone to make their desktop consistently match their moods, wallpapers, laptop colors, etc.

The icons were designed to match the Shiki-Colors GTK+ Themes and their additional artwork.

This package provides the GNOME-Noble (Purple) variation of the GNOME-Colors icon theme.

There are three methods to install gnome-noble-icon-theme 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 gnome-noble-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-noble-icon-theme using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install gnome-noble-icon-theme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-noble-icon-theme

How To Uninstall gnome-noble-icon-theme on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-noble-icon-theme

Uninstall gnome-noble-icon-theme And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-noble-icon-theme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

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

Remove gnome-noble-icon-theme Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-noble-icon-theme configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

gnome-noble-icon-theme have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-noble-icon-theme package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.