How To Install gnustep-icons on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnustep-icons on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gnustep-icons
gnustep-icons is:
They all have a basic NeXTSTEPish look and feel. These icons are placed where the WindowMaker package expects them by default.
There are three methods to install gnustep-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 gnustep-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 gnustep-icons using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnustep-icons
Install gnustep-icons Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnustep-icons using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnustep-icons
Install gnustep-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 gnustep-icons using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnustep-icons
How To Uninstall gnustep-icons on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gnustep-icons package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnustep-icons
Uninstall gnustep-icons And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnustep-icons and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnustep-icons
Remove gnustep-icons Configurations and Data
To remove gnustep-icons configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnustep-icons
Remove gnustep-icons configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnustep-icons configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnustep-icons
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnustep-icons package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
