How To Install adwaita-icon-theme on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install adwaita-icon-theme on Debian 11. adwaita-icon-theme is default icon theme of GNOME

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install adwaita-icon-theme on Debian 11.

What is adwaita-icon-theme

adwaita-icon-theme is:

This package contains the default icon theme used by the GNOME desktop. The icons are used in many of the official GNOME applications like eog, Evince, system monitor, and many more.

There are three methods to install adwaita-icon-theme on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install adwaita-icon-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 adwaita-icon-theme using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install adwaita-icon-theme

Install adwaita-icon-theme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install adwaita-icon-theme

Install adwaita-icon-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install adwaita-icon-theme

How To Uninstall adwaita-icon-theme on Debian 11

To uninstall only the adwaita-icon-theme package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove adwaita-icon-theme

Uninstall adwaita-icon-theme And Its Dependencies

To uninstall adwaita-icon-theme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove adwaita-icon-theme

Remove adwaita-icon-theme Configurations and Data

To remove adwaita-icon-theme configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge adwaita-icon-theme

Remove adwaita-icon-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge adwaita-icon-theme

Dependencies

adwaita-icon-theme have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install adwaita-icon-theme package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.