How To Install gtk-update-icon-cache on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk-update-icon-cache on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gtk-update-icon-cache
gtk-update-icon-cache is:
gtk-update-icon-cache creates mmap()able cache files for icon themes.
GTK+ can use the cache files created by gtk-update-icon-cache to avoid a lot of system call and disk seek overhead when the application starts. Since the format of the cache files allows them to be mmap()ed shared between multiple applications, the overall memory consumption is reduced as well.
There are three methods to install gtk-update-icon-cache 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-update-icon-cache 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-update-icon-cache using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gtk-update-icon-cache
Install gtk-update-icon-cache Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gtk-update-icon-cache using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gtk-update-icon-cache
Install gtk-update-icon-cache 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-update-icon-cache using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gtk-update-icon-cache
How To Uninstall gtk-update-icon-cache on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gtk-update-icon-cache package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gtk-update-icon-cache
Uninstall gtk-update-icon-cache And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gtk-update-icon-cache and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtk-update-icon-cache
Remove gtk-update-icon-cache Configurations and Data
To remove gtk-update-icon-cache configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gtk-update-icon-cache
Remove gtk-update-icon-cache configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gtk-update-icon-cache configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtk-update-icon-cache
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk-update-icon-cache package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
