How To Install gray-theme on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gray-theme on Ubuntu 18.04. gray-theme is Gray GTK theme

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gray-theme on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gray-theme

gray-theme is:

The Gray GTK theme. At the moment the package contains:

  • the GTK configuration and
  • Metacity configuration for the theme.

There are three methods to install gray-theme 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 gray-theme Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gray-theme using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gray-theme

Install gray-theme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gray-theme using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gray-theme

Install gray-theme 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 gray-theme using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gray-theme

How To Uninstall gray-theme on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the gray-theme package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gray-theme

Uninstall gray-theme And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gray-theme

Remove gray-theme Configurations and Data

To remove gray-theme configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gray-theme

Remove gray-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gray-theme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gray-theme

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Summary

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