How To Install gtk-theme-switch on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk-theme-switch on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gtk-theme-switch
gtk-theme-switch is:
Utilities to easily switch GTK+ themes that can be run from the console, and has an optional GUI dock and theme preview. It can install themes downloaded from gtk.themes.org as well straight from the tarball.
There are three methods to install gtk-theme-switch 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 gtk-theme-switch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gtk-theme-switch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gtk-theme-switch
Install gtk-theme-switch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gtk-theme-switch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gtk-theme-switch
Install gtk-theme-switch 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 gtk-theme-switch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gtk-theme-switch
How To Uninstall gtk-theme-switch on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gtk-theme-switch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gtk-theme-switch
Uninstall gtk-theme-switch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gtk-theme-switch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtk-theme-switch
Remove gtk-theme-switch Configurations and Data
To remove gtk-theme-switch configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gtk-theme-switch
Remove gtk-theme-switch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gtk-theme-switch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtk-theme-switch
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk-theme-switch package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
