How To Install gnome-extra-icons on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-extra-icons on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnome-extra-icons
gnome-extra-icons is:
Optional GNOME icons from http://art.gnome.org/. This package just install a lot of nice icons in /usr/share/pixmaps. Most of them are png files that give you more options to customize your desktop. Also, they can be used in any desktop which supports icons, not only GNOME.
There are three methods to install gnome-extra-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 gnome-extra-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 gnome-extra-icons using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-extra-icons
Install gnome-extra-icons Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-extra-icons using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-extra-icons
Install gnome-extra-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 gnome-extra-icons using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-extra-icons
How To Uninstall gnome-extra-icons on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnome-extra-icons package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-extra-icons
Uninstall gnome-extra-icons And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-extra-icons and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-extra-icons
Remove gnome-extra-icons Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-extra-icons configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-extra-icons
Remove gnome-extra-icons configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-extra-icons configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-extra-icons
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-extra-icons package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
