How To Install lxde-icon-theme on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxde-icon-theme on Kali Linux.

What is lxde-icon-theme

lxde-icon-theme is:

LXDE-Icon-Theme is the standard icon theme for the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE).

It is also known as the nuoveXT2 icon theme from which it is derived from.

There are three methods to install lxde-icon-theme on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lxde-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 lxde-icon-theme using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lxde-icon-theme

Install lxde-icon-theme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lxde-icon-theme using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lxde-icon-theme

Install lxde-icon-theme Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install lxde-icon-theme using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lxde-icon-theme

How To Uninstall lxde-icon-theme on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lxde-icon-theme package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lxde-icon-theme

Uninstall lxde-icon-theme And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lxde-icon-theme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxde-icon-theme

Remove lxde-icon-theme Configurations and Data

To remove lxde-icon-theme configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lxde-icon-theme

Remove lxde-icon-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lxde-icon-theme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxde-icon-theme

Dependencies

lxde-icon-theme have the following dependencies:

References

• lxde-icon-theme website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxde-icon-theme package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.