How To Install adwaita-icon-theme-full on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install adwaita-icon-theme-full on Ubuntu 22.04. adwaita-icon-theme-full is default icon theme of GNOME

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install adwaita-icon-theme-full on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is adwaita-icon-theme-full

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

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

Install adwaita-icon-theme-full Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

Install adwaita-icon-theme-full 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 adwaita-icon-theme-full using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install adwaita-icon-theme-full

How To Uninstall adwaita-icon-theme-full on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove adwaita-icon-theme-full

Uninstall adwaita-icon-theme-full And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove adwaita-icon-theme-full Configurations and Data

To remove adwaita-icon-theme-full configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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