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