How To Install numix-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install numix-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is numix-icon-theme
numix-icon-theme is:
The Numix icon theme is designed to look fresh, swishy and modern using white symbols on vividly coloured background for applications and simplistic devices, toolbars and status icons.
There are three methods to install numix-icon-theme 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 numix-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 numix-icon-theme using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install numix-icon-theme
Install numix-icon-theme Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install numix-icon-theme using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install numix-icon-theme
Install numix-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install numix-icon-theme using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install numix-icon-theme
How To Uninstall numix-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the numix-icon-theme package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove numix-icon-theme
Uninstall numix-icon-theme And Its Dependencies
To uninstall numix-icon-theme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove numix-icon-theme
Remove numix-icon-theme Configurations and Data
To remove numix-icon-theme configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge numix-icon-theme
Remove numix-icon-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove numix-icon-theme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge numix-icon-theme
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install numix-icon-theme package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
