How To Install faba-icon-theme on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install faba-icon-theme on Kali Linux. faba-icon-theme is Tango influenced icon theme called Faba

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install faba-icon-theme on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.