How To Install hicolor-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hicolor-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is hicolor-icon-theme
hicolor-icon-theme is:
This is the default fallback theme used by implementations of the Freedesktop.org Icon Theme specification.
There are three methods to install hicolor-icon-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 hicolor-icon-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 hicolor-icon-theme using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hicolor-icon-theme
Install hicolor-icon-theme Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hicolor-icon-theme using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hicolor-icon-theme
Install hicolor-icon-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 hicolor-icon-theme using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hicolor-icon-theme
How To Uninstall hicolor-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the hicolor-icon-theme package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hicolor-icon-theme
Uninstall hicolor-icon-theme And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hicolor-icon-theme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hicolor-icon-theme
Remove hicolor-icon-theme Configurations and Data
To remove hicolor-icon-theme configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hicolor-icon-theme
Remove hicolor-icon-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hicolor-icon-theme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hicolor-icon-theme
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hicolor-icon-theme package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
