How To Install emelfm2-svg-icons on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install emelfm2-svg-icons on Ubuntu 18.04. emelfm2-svg-icons is icon SVG files from emelfm2 project

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install emelfm2-svg-icons on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is emelfm2-svg-icons

emelfm2-svg-icons is:

The scalable vector graphics (SVG) icon sources of the small, memory efficient, GTK+ file manager program. The icons include graphics for open, close, output, terminal, several actions like proceed, add mark, move, split etc.

There are three methods to install emelfm2-svg-icons 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 emelfm2-svg-icons Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install emelfm2-svg-icons using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install emelfm2-svg-icons

Install emelfm2-svg-icons Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install emelfm2-svg-icons using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install emelfm2-svg-icons

Install emelfm2-svg-icons 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 emelfm2-svg-icons using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install emelfm2-svg-icons

How To Uninstall emelfm2-svg-icons on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the emelfm2-svg-icons package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove emelfm2-svg-icons

Uninstall emelfm2-svg-icons And Its Dependencies

To uninstall emelfm2-svg-icons and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove emelfm2-svg-icons

Remove emelfm2-svg-icons Configurations and Data

To remove emelfm2-svg-icons configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge emelfm2-svg-icons

Remove emelfm2-svg-icons configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove emelfm2-svg-icons configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emelfm2-svg-icons

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install emelfm2-svg-icons package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.