How To Install light-themes on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install light-themes on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is light-themes
light-themes is:
Includes matching Ambiance and Radiance themes
- Ambiance is a light-on-dark theme
- Radiance is a dark-on-light theme
Introduced as the default themes in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
There are three methods to install light-themes on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install light-themes Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install light-themes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install light-themes
Install light-themes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install light-themes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install light-themes
Install light-themes 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 light-themes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install light-themes
How To Uninstall light-themes on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the light-themes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove light-themes
Uninstall light-themes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall light-themes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove light-themes
Remove light-themes Configurations and Data
To remove light-themes configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge light-themes
Remove light-themes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove light-themes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge light-themes
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install light-themes package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
