How To Install mate-icon-theme on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-icon-theme on Debian 9.
What is mate-icon-theme
mate-icon-theme is:
This package contains the default icon theme used by the MATE desktop. The icons are used in the panel menu, in Caja and other applications shipped with MATE.
This icon theme provides icon artwork for representing the different applications, files, directories, and devices found on the MATE desktop.
There are three methods to install mate-icon-theme on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mate-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 mate-icon-theme using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mate-icon-theme
Install mate-icon-theme Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-icon-theme using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mate-icon-theme
Install mate-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install mate-icon-theme using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mate-icon-theme
How To Uninstall mate-icon-theme on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mate-icon-theme package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mate-icon-theme
Uninstall mate-icon-theme And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mate-icon-theme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mate-icon-theme
Remove mate-icon-theme Configurations and Data
To remove mate-icon-theme configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mate-icon-theme
Remove mate-icon-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mate-icon-theme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mate-icon-theme
Dependencies
mate-icon-theme have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mate-icon-theme package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.