How To Install paper-icon-theme on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install paper-icon-theme on Debian 12.
What is paper-icon-theme
paper-icon-theme is:
Paper is a modern freedesktop icon theme whose design is based around the use of bold colours 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.
This package not only contains the Paper icon theme but also the Paper cursor theme, which is a complementary X11 cursor set.
There are three methods to install paper-icon-theme on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install paper-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 paper-icon-theme using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install paper-icon-theme
Install paper-icon-theme Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install paper-icon-theme using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install paper-icon-theme
Install paper-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install paper-icon-theme using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install paper-icon-theme
How To Uninstall paper-icon-theme on Debian 12
To uninstall only the paper-icon-theme package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove paper-icon-theme
Uninstall paper-icon-theme And Its Dependencies
To uninstall paper-icon-theme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove paper-icon-theme
Remove paper-icon-theme Configurations and Data
To remove paper-icon-theme configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge paper-icon-theme
Remove paper-icon-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove paper-icon-theme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge paper-icon-theme
Dependencies
paper-icon-theme have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install paper-icon-theme package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
