How To Install gextractwinicons on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gextractwinicons on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gextractwinicons
gextractwinicons is:
gExtractWinIcons can extract cursors, and icons from MS Windows compatible resource files (like .exe, .dll, .ocx, .cpl).
Both icons, cursors and PNG images can be extracted from resources files with different resolution and color depth. The extracted icon files can be also used for “favicon.ico” website icon.
There are three methods to install gextractwinicons 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 gextractwinicons Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gextractwinicons using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gextractwinicons
Install gextractwinicons Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gextractwinicons using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gextractwinicons
Install gextractwinicons 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 gextractwinicons using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gextractwinicons
How To Uninstall gextractwinicons on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gextractwinicons package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gextractwinicons
Uninstall gextractwinicons And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gextractwinicons and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gextractwinicons
Remove gextractwinicons Configurations and Data
To remove gextractwinicons configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gextractwinicons
Remove gextractwinicons configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gextractwinicons configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gextractwinicons
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gextractwinicons package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.