How To Install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra on Ubuntu 22.04. oxygen-cursor-theme-extra is Oxygen mouse cursor theme - extra colors

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is oxygen-cursor-theme-extra

oxygen-cursor-theme-extra is:

This package contains the Oxygen cursor theme, originally created for KDE 4.

This package contains extra cursor colors: black, blue, brown, emerald, green, grey, hot_orange, navy, red, red-argentina, purple sea_blue, violet, viorange and yellow.

There are three methods to install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra

Install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra

Install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra 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 oxygen-cursor-theme-extra using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra

How To Uninstall oxygen-cursor-theme-extra on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the oxygen-cursor-theme-extra package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove oxygen-cursor-theme-extra

Uninstall oxygen-cursor-theme-extra And Its Dependencies

To uninstall oxygen-cursor-theme-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove oxygen-cursor-theme-extra

Remove oxygen-cursor-theme-extra Configurations and Data

To remove oxygen-cursor-theme-extra configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge oxygen-cursor-theme-extra

Remove oxygen-cursor-theme-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oxygen-cursor-theme-extra

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.