How To Install shiki-colors on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install shiki-colors on Ubuntu 18.04. shiki-colors is set of Metacity/GTK-2+ themes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install shiki-colors on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is shiki-colors

shiki-colors is:

Shiki-Colors is a set of Metacity/GTK-2+ themes which mix the elegance of a dark theme with the usability of a light theme, resulting in a hybrid theme.

This package provides seven variations of the Shiki-Colors (Murrine) theme:

Shiki-Brave (Blue), Shiki-Dust (Chocolate), Shiki-Human (Orange), Shiki-Illustrious (Pink), Shiki-Noble (Purple), Shiki-Wine (Red), and Shiki-Wise (Green)

There are three methods to install shiki-colors 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 shiki-colors Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install shiki-colors using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install shiki-colors

Install shiki-colors Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install shiki-colors using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install shiki-colors

Install shiki-colors 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 shiki-colors using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install shiki-colors

How To Uninstall shiki-colors on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the shiki-colors package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove shiki-colors

Uninstall shiki-colors And Its Dependencies

To uninstall shiki-colors and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove shiki-colors

Remove shiki-colors Configurations and Data

To remove shiki-colors configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge shiki-colors

Remove shiki-colors configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove shiki-colors configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shiki-colors

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install shiki-colors package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.