How To Install plymouth-themes on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-themes on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is plymouth-themes
plymouth-themes is:
Plymouth provides a boot-time I/O multiplexing framework - the most obvious use for which is to provide an attractive graphical animation in place of the text messages that normally get shown during boot. (The messages are instead redirected to a logfile for later viewing.) However, in event-driven boot systems Plymouth can also usefully handle user interaction such as password prompts for encrypted file systems.
This package provides the following themes:
- fade-in: features a centered logo that fades in and out while stars twinkle around the logo during system boot up.
- glow: features a pie chart as progress indicator.
- script: features a simple base theme.
- solar: features a blue flamed sun with animated solar flares.
- spinfinity: features a centered logo and animated spinner that spins in the shape of an infinity sign.
- spinner: features a simple theme with a small spinner on a dark background.
There are three methods to install plymouth-themes 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 plymouth-themes Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plymouth-themes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plymouth-themes
Install plymouth-themes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plymouth-themes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plymouth-themes
Install plymouth-themes 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 plymouth-themes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plymouth-themes
How To Uninstall plymouth-themes on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the plymouth-themes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plymouth-themes
Uninstall plymouth-themes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plymouth-themes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plymouth-themes
Remove plymouth-themes Configurations and Data
To remove plymouth-themes configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plymouth-themes
Remove plymouth-themes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plymouth-themes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plymouth-themes
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-themes package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
