How To Install gnome-themes-ubuntu on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-themes-ubuntu on Ubuntu 18.04. gnome-themes-ubuntu is Ubuntu community themes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-themes-ubuntu on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gnome-themes-ubuntu

gnome-themes-ubuntu is:

This package contains a few nice contributed themes for the GNOME desktop:

  • Dust
  • Dust Sand
  • New Wave

There are three methods to install gnome-themes-ubuntu 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-themes-ubuntu 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-themes-ubuntu using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-themes-ubuntu

Install gnome-themes-ubuntu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-themes-ubuntu using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-themes-ubuntu

Install gnome-themes-ubuntu 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-themes-ubuntu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-themes-ubuntu

How To Uninstall gnome-themes-ubuntu on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the gnome-themes-ubuntu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-themes-ubuntu

Uninstall gnome-themes-ubuntu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-themes-ubuntu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-themes-ubuntu

Remove gnome-themes-ubuntu Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-themes-ubuntu configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-themes-ubuntu

Remove gnome-themes-ubuntu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-themes-ubuntu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-themes-ubuntu

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-themes-ubuntu package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.