How To Install bluebird-gtk-theme on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluebird-gtk-theme on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is bluebird-gtk-theme
bluebird-gtk-theme is:
Bluebird was the default theme for Xubuntu 10.10 but since 2011, Greybird has been Xubuntu’s default theme. As its name indicates, Bluebird is a blue theme. The Shimmer Project are the designers and developers of both Bluebird and Greybird.
Bluebird works best in Xfce since it currently has incomplete support for newer versions of GTK+ 3.
There are three methods to install bluebird-gtk-theme 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 bluebird-gtk-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 bluebird-gtk-theme using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bluebird-gtk-theme
Install bluebird-gtk-theme Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bluebird-gtk-theme using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bluebird-gtk-theme
Install bluebird-gtk-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 bluebird-gtk-theme using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bluebird-gtk-theme
How To Uninstall bluebird-gtk-theme on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the bluebird-gtk-theme package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bluebird-gtk-theme
Uninstall bluebird-gtk-theme And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bluebird-gtk-theme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bluebird-gtk-theme
Remove bluebird-gtk-theme Configurations and Data
To remove bluebird-gtk-theme configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bluebird-gtk-theme
Remove bluebird-gtk-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bluebird-gtk-theme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bluebird-gtk-theme
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluebird-gtk-theme package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.