How To Install metacity-themes on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install metacity-themes on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is metacity-themes
metacity-themes is:
This collection of themes for the metacity window manager has been carefully compiled from a number of sources. Each one is publically available under a license which complies with the Debian free software guidelines, most commonly the GPL license. The themes have been individually checked to ensure that they are all of high quality: they have a consistent design; include high quality graphics; handle all types of window.
Included Themes: * Urbicande * OutlineHot * OutlineAsh * OutlineBeach * OutlineCoal * OutlineCold * OutlineFruity * OutlineWinter * keramik-Gyellow * mcblue * quiet-purple * BrushedMetal * Alloy * HeliX-Sweetpill-Crowberry * Watercolor * Redmond * Nodoka
The themes have primarity been gathered from http://themes.freshmeat.net and http://sunshineinabag.co.uk. I would like to hear suggestion for other high quality themes to be included, however please be sure to read the /usr/share/doc/metacity-themes/README.Debian file first, as it documents reasons why a number of themes were not included.
There are three methods to install metacity-themes 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 metacity-themes Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install metacity-themes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install metacity-themes
Install metacity-themes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install metacity-themes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install metacity-themes
Install metacity-themes 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 metacity-themes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install metacity-themes
How To Uninstall metacity-themes on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the metacity-themes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove metacity-themes
Uninstall metacity-themes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall metacity-themes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove metacity-themes
Remove metacity-themes Configurations and Data
To remove metacity-themes configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge metacity-themes
Remove metacity-themes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove metacity-themes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge metacity-themes
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install metacity-themes package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
