How To Install inkscape-open-symbols on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install inkscape-open-symbols on Ubuntu 18.04. inkscape-open-symbols is Open source SVG symbol sets that can be used as Inkscape symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install inkscape-open-symbols on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is inkscape-open-symbols

inkscape-open-symbols is:

The included symbols libraries so far are: - Google Material Design Icons - Github Octicons - Humble UI - Ubuntu Suru - Font Awesome Icons - GNOME Icon Set - Automattic Genericons - Taiga Icons - Open Iconic - Entypo’s Social Extension - StateFace - EmojiOne - Dashicons - CircuiTikz - SJJB Map Icons

There are three methods to install inkscape-open-symbols 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 inkscape-open-symbols Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install inkscape-open-symbols using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install inkscape-open-symbols

Install inkscape-open-symbols Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install inkscape-open-symbols using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install inkscape-open-symbols

Install inkscape-open-symbols 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 inkscape-open-symbols using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install inkscape-open-symbols

How To Uninstall inkscape-open-symbols on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the inkscape-open-symbols package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove inkscape-open-symbols

Uninstall inkscape-open-symbols And Its Dependencies

To uninstall inkscape-open-symbols and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove inkscape-open-symbols

Remove inkscape-open-symbols Configurations and Data

To remove inkscape-open-symbols configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge inkscape-open-symbols

Remove inkscape-open-symbols configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove inkscape-open-symbols configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inkscape-open-symbols

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install inkscape-open-symbols package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.