How To Install paper-icon-theme on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install paper-icon-theme on CentOS 7. paper-icon-theme is Modern freedesktop icon theme

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install paper-icon-theme on CentOS 7.

What is paper-icon-theme

Paper is a modern freedesktop icon theme whose design is based around the use of bold colors and simple geometric shapes to compose icons. Each icon has been meticulously designed for pixel-perfect viewing. While it does take some inspiration from the icons in Google’s Material Design, some aspects have been adjusted to better suit a desktop environment.

We can use yum or dnf to install paper-icon-theme on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install paper-icon-theme.

Install paper-icon-theme on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install paper-icon-theme

Install paper-icon-theme on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install paper-icon-theme using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install paper-icon-theme

How To Uninstall paper-icon-theme on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove paper-icon-theme

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install paper-icon-theme on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.