How To Install arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch on Ubuntu 20.04

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch

arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch is:

A greeter shell for the LightDM login manager. Arctica Greeter can be used as local display manager as well as thin client login manager.

This package themes Arctica Greeter with Debian 9 (aka stretch) look’n’feel. (Provided to people using Arctica Greeter from stretch-backports).

There are three methods to install arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch

Install arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch

Install arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch 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 arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch

How To Uninstall arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch

Uninstall arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch And Its Dependencies

To uninstall arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch

Remove arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch Configurations and Data

To remove arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch

Remove arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch

References

• arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch website
• arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch on packages.ubuntu.com

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install arctica-greeter-theme-debian-stretch package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.