How To Install gtk3-engines-xfce on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk3-engines-xfce on Debian 9.
What is gtk3-engines-xfce
gtk3-engines-xfce is:
This package contains a theme engine allowing users to apply various GTK3.0 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 gtk3-engines-xfce 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 gtk3-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 gtk3-engines-xfce using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gtk3-engines-xfce
Install gtk3-engines-xfce Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gtk3-engines-xfce using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gtk3-engines-xfce
Install gtk3-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 gtk3-engines-xfce using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gtk3-engines-xfce
How To Uninstall gtk3-engines-xfce on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gtk3-engines-xfce package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gtk3-engines-xfce
Uninstall gtk3-engines-xfce And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gtk3-engines-xfce and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtk3-engines-xfce
Remove gtk3-engines-xfce Configurations and Data
To remove gtk3-engines-xfce configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gtk3-engines-xfce
Remove gtk3-engines-xfce configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gtk3-engines-xfce configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtk3-engines-xfce
Dependencies
gtk3-engines-xfce have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo-gobject2
- libcairo2
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk3-engines-xfce package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
