How To Install gtk2-engines-pixbuf on Debian 10

Learn how to install gtk2-engines-pixbuf on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gtk2-engines-pixbuf is pixbuf-based theme for GTK+ 2.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2-engines-pixbuf on Debian 10.

What is gtk2-engines-pixbuf

gtk2-engines-pixbuf is:

GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application suites.

This package contains the pixbuf theme engine.

There are three methods to install gtk2-engines-pixbuf on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gtk2-engines-pixbuf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gtk2-engines-pixbuf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gtk2-engines-pixbuf

Install gtk2-engines-pixbuf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gtk2-engines-pixbuf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gtk2-engines-pixbuf

Install gtk2-engines-pixbuf 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gtk2-engines-pixbuf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gtk2-engines-pixbuf

How To Uninstall gtk2-engines-pixbuf on Debian 10

To uninstall only the gtk2-engines-pixbuf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gtk2-engines-pixbuf

Uninstall gtk2-engines-pixbuf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gtk2-engines-pixbuf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtk2-engines-pixbuf

Remove gtk2-engines-pixbuf Configurations and Data

To remove gtk2-engines-pixbuf configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gtk2-engines-pixbuf

Remove gtk2-engines-pixbuf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gtk2-engines-pixbuf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtk2-engines-pixbuf

Dependencies

gtk2-engines-pixbuf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2-engines-pixbuf package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.