How To Install fonts-elusive-icons on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-elusive-icons on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-elusive-icons
fonts-elusive-icons is:
Elusive Icons is a full suite of 304 pictographic icons for easy scalable vector graphics on websites, created and maintained by Team Redux.
There are three methods to install fonts-elusive-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 fonts-elusive-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 fonts-elusive-icons using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-elusive-icons
Install fonts-elusive-icons Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-elusive-icons using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-elusive-icons
Install fonts-elusive-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 fonts-elusive-icons using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-elusive-icons
How To Uninstall fonts-elusive-icons on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-elusive-icons package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-elusive-icons
Uninstall fonts-elusive-icons And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-elusive-icons and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-elusive-icons
Remove fonts-elusive-icons Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-elusive-icons configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-elusive-icons
Remove fonts-elusive-icons configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-elusive-icons configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-elusive-icons
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-elusive-icons package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
