How To Install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is oxygen-cursor-theme-extra
oxygen-cursor-theme-extra is:
This package contains the Oxygen cursor theme, originally created for KDE 4.
This package contains extra cursor colors: black, blue, brown, emerald, green, grey, hot_orange, navy, red, red-argentina, purple sea_blue, violet, viorange and yellow.
There are three methods to install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra 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 oxygen-cursor-theme-extra Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra
Install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra
Install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra 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 oxygen-cursor-theme-extra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra
How To Uninstall oxygen-cursor-theme-extra on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the oxygen-cursor-theme-extra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove oxygen-cursor-theme-extra
Uninstall oxygen-cursor-theme-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall oxygen-cursor-theme-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove oxygen-cursor-theme-extra
Remove oxygen-cursor-theme-extra Configurations and Data
To remove oxygen-cursor-theme-extra configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge oxygen-cursor-theme-extra
Remove oxygen-cursor-theme-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove oxygen-cursor-theme-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oxygen-cursor-theme-extra
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install oxygen-cursor-theme-extra package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.