How To Install breeze-cursor-theme on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install breeze-cursor-theme on Debian 9.
What is breeze-cursor-theme
breeze-cursor-theme is:
This is the default cursor theme for the KDE Plasma 5 desktop.
This package is part of the Breeze theme module.
There are three methods to install breeze-cursor-theme on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install breeze-cursor-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 breeze-cursor-theme using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install breeze-cursor-theme
Install breeze-cursor-theme Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install breeze-cursor-theme using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install breeze-cursor-theme
Install breeze-cursor-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 breeze-cursor-theme using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install breeze-cursor-theme
How To Uninstall breeze-cursor-theme on Debian 9
To uninstall only the breeze-cursor-theme package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove breeze-cursor-theme
Uninstall breeze-cursor-theme And Its Dependencies
To uninstall breeze-cursor-theme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove breeze-cursor-theme
Remove breeze-cursor-theme Configurations and Data
To remove breeze-cursor-theme configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge breeze-cursor-theme
Remove breeze-cursor-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove breeze-cursor-theme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge breeze-cursor-theme
Dependencies
breeze-cursor-theme have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install breeze-cursor-theme package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.