How To Install shimmer-themes on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shimmer-themes on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is shimmer-themes
shimmer-themes is:
This package is a metapackage for the GTK+ themes from the Shimmer Project.
There are three methods to install shimmer-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 shimmer-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 shimmer-themes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install shimmer-themes
Install shimmer-themes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install shimmer-themes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install shimmer-themes
Install shimmer-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 shimmer-themes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shimmer-themes
How To Uninstall shimmer-themes on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the shimmer-themes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove shimmer-themes
Uninstall shimmer-themes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall shimmer-themes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove shimmer-themes
Remove shimmer-themes Configurations and Data
To remove shimmer-themes configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge shimmer-themes
Remove shimmer-themes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove shimmer-themes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shimmer-themes
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shimmer-themes package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
