How To Install gnome-colors on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-colors on Debian 12.
What is gnome-colors
gnome-colors is:
GNOME-Colors is a set of GNOME icon themes, with some inspiration from Tango, Elementary, Discovery, Tango Generator and others.
Its goal is to create an easy way for anyone to make their desktop consistently match their moods, wallpapers, laptop colors, etc.
The icons were designed to match the Shiki-Colors GTK+ Themes and their additional artwork.
This package provides seven variations of the GNOME-Colors icon theme:
GNOME-Brave (Blue), GNOME-Dust (Chocolate), GNOME-Human (Orange), GNOME-Illustrious (Pink), GNOME-Noble (Purple), GNOME-Wine (Red), and GNOME-Wise (Green)
There are three methods to install gnome-colors on Debian 12. 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-colors 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-colors using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-colors
Install gnome-colors Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-colors using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-colors
Install gnome-colors 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 gnome-colors using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-colors
How To Uninstall gnome-colors on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gnome-colors package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-colors
Uninstall gnome-colors And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-colors and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-colors
Remove gnome-colors Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-colors configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-colors
Remove gnome-colors configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-colors configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-colors
Dependencies
gnome-colors have the following dependencies:
- gnome-brave-icon-theme
- gnome-dust-icon-theme
- gnome-human-icon-theme
- gnome-illustrious-icon-theme
- gnome-noble-icon-theme
- gnome-wine-icon-theme
- gnome-wise-icon-theme
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-colors package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
