How To Install phinger-cursor-theme on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install phinger-cursor-theme on Ubuntu 22.04. phinger-cursor-theme is The most over-engineered cursor theme

Introduction

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

What is phinger-cursor-theme

phinger-cursor-theme is:

Say hello to your new cursor theme. Phinger cursors is most likely the most over-engineered cursor theme out there.

Although designed from scratch, phinger cursors drew inspiration from capitaine-cursors, which is based on the KDE Breeze cursors.

There are three methods to install phinger-cursor-theme 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 phinger-cursor-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 phinger-cursor-theme using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install phinger-cursor-theme

Install phinger-cursor-theme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install phinger-cursor-theme

Install phinger-cursor-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install phinger-cursor-theme

How To Uninstall phinger-cursor-theme on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove phinger-cursor-theme

Uninstall phinger-cursor-theme And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove phinger-cursor-theme

Remove phinger-cursor-theme Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge phinger-cursor-theme

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge phinger-cursor-theme

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Summary

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