How To Install oxygen5-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install oxygen5-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04. oxygen5-icon-theme is Transitional package for oxygen-icon-theme

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install oxygen5-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is oxygen5-icon-theme

oxygen5-icon-theme is:

This is a transitional package for oxygen-icon-theme and can safely be removed after installation.

There are three methods to install oxygen5-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 oxygen5-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 oxygen5-icon-theme using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install oxygen5-icon-theme

Install oxygen5-icon-theme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install oxygen5-icon-theme using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install oxygen5-icon-theme

Install oxygen5-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 oxygen5-icon-theme using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install oxygen5-icon-theme

How To Uninstall oxygen5-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the oxygen5-icon-theme package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove oxygen5-icon-theme

Uninstall oxygen5-icon-theme And Its Dependencies

To uninstall oxygen5-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 oxygen5-icon-theme

Remove oxygen5-icon-theme Configurations and Data

To remove oxygen5-icon-theme configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge oxygen5-icon-theme

Remove oxygen5-icon-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove oxygen5-icon-theme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oxygen5-icon-theme

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install oxygen5-icon-theme package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.