How To Install faba-icon-theme on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install faba-icon-theme on Debian 9.
What is faba-icon-theme
faba-icon-theme is:
Faba is was designed with simplicity and compliance to icon standards in mind. Its purpose is to serve as a base icon theme to other themes (such as Moka). As such, Faba is only comprised of minimal set of icons for the system, select apps, folders, mimetypes, toolbars, etc.
There are three methods to install faba-icon-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 faba-icon-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 faba-icon-theme using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install faba-icon-theme
Install faba-icon-theme Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install faba-icon-theme using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install faba-icon-theme
Install faba-icon-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 faba-icon-theme using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install faba-icon-theme
How To Uninstall faba-icon-theme on Debian 9
To uninstall only the faba-icon-theme package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove faba-icon-theme
Uninstall faba-icon-theme And Its Dependencies
To uninstall faba-icon-theme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove faba-icon-theme
Remove faba-icon-theme Configurations and Data
To remove faba-icon-theme configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge faba-icon-theme
Remove faba-icon-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove faba-icon-theme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge faba-icon-theme
Dependencies
faba-icon-theme have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install faba-icon-theme package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.