How To Install gtk2-engines-xfce on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2-engines-xfce on Debian 10.
What is gtk2-engines-xfce
gtk2-engines-xfce is:
This package contains a theme engine allowing users to apply various GTK2.0 themes to Xfce. It also contains some ready themes, but users are of course free to use other themes or design their own.
There are three methods to install gtk2-engines-xfce 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 gtk2-engines-xfce Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gtk2-engines-xfce using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gtk2-engines-xfce
Install gtk2-engines-xfce Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gtk2-engines-xfce using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gtk2-engines-xfce
Install gtk2-engines-xfce 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 gtk2-engines-xfce using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gtk2-engines-xfce
How To Uninstall gtk2-engines-xfce on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gtk2-engines-xfce package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gtk2-engines-xfce
Uninstall gtk2-engines-xfce And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gtk2-engines-xfce and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtk2-engines-xfce
Remove gtk2-engines-xfce Configurations and Data
To remove gtk2-engines-xfce configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gtk2-engines-xfce
Remove gtk2-engines-xfce configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gtk2-engines-xfce configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtk2-engines-xfce
Dependencies
gtk2-engines-xfce have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2-engines-xfce package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
