How To Install icon-naming-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icon-naming-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is icon-naming-utils
icon-naming-utils is:
Tango is a project to create a new cross-desktop and cross-platform icon theme, using a standard style guide, and the new Icon Naming Specification. This package contains the perl script for maintaining backwards compatibility.
There are three methods to install icon-naming-utils 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 icon-naming-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install icon-naming-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icon-naming-utils
Install icon-naming-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install icon-naming-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icon-naming-utils
Install icon-naming-utils 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 icon-naming-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icon-naming-utils
How To Uninstall icon-naming-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the icon-naming-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icon-naming-utils
Uninstall icon-naming-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icon-naming-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icon-naming-utils
Remove icon-naming-utils Configurations and Data
To remove icon-naming-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icon-naming-utils
Remove icon-naming-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icon-naming-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icon-naming-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icon-naming-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
