How To Install sugar-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sugar-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sugar-icon-theme
sugar-icon-theme is:
Sugar Learning Platform promotes collaborative learning through Sugar Activities that encourage critical thinking, the heart of a quality education. Designed from the ground up especially for children, Sugar offers an alternative to traditional “office-desktop” software.
This package contains the icon theme used with Sugar.
There are three methods to install sugar-icon-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 sugar-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 sugar-icon-theme using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sugar-icon-theme
Install sugar-icon-theme Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sugar-icon-theme using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sugar-icon-theme
Install sugar-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install sugar-icon-theme using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sugar-icon-theme
How To Uninstall sugar-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sugar-icon-theme package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sugar-icon-theme
Uninstall sugar-icon-theme And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sugar-icon-theme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sugar-icon-theme
Remove sugar-icon-theme Configurations and Data
To remove sugar-icon-theme configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sugar-icon-theme
Remove sugar-icon-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sugar-icon-theme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sugar-icon-theme
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sugar-icon-theme package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
