How To Install gnome-color-chooser on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-color-chooser on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnome-color-chooser
gnome-color-chooser is:
This is an application for customizing the appearance of the GNOME desktop.
Features:
- change most important colors (e.g. background, window decoration, tooltips)
- change colors and sizes of GTK+ widgets
- colorize desktop icons
- configure installed GTK+ engines and let your current theme be drawn by an installed GTK+ engine of your choice
There are three methods to install gnome-color-chooser 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 gnome-color-chooser Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-color-chooser using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-color-chooser
Install gnome-color-chooser Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-color-chooser using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-color-chooser
Install gnome-color-chooser 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 gnome-color-chooser using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-color-chooser
How To Uninstall gnome-color-chooser on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnome-color-chooser package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-color-chooser
Uninstall gnome-color-chooser And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-color-chooser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-color-chooser
Remove gnome-color-chooser Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-color-chooser configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-color-chooser
Remove gnome-color-chooser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-color-chooser configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-color-chooser
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-color-chooser package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
