How To Install tangerine-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install tangerine-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04. tangerine-icon-theme is Tangerine Icon theme

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tangerine-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is tangerine-icon-theme

tangerine-icon-theme is:

Tangerine is an icon theme worked on by the Ubuntu Art Team. It’s inspired by the Tango Icon Theme.

There are three methods to install tangerine-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 tangerine-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 tangerine-icon-theme using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tangerine-icon-theme

Install tangerine-icon-theme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tangerine-icon-theme using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tangerine-icon-theme

Install tangerine-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 tangerine-icon-theme using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tangerine-icon-theme

How To Uninstall tangerine-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the tangerine-icon-theme package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tangerine-icon-theme

Uninstall tangerine-icon-theme And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tangerine-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 tangerine-icon-theme

Remove tangerine-icon-theme Configurations and Data

To remove tangerine-icon-theme configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tangerine-icon-theme

Remove tangerine-icon-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tangerine-icon-theme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tangerine-icon-theme

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tangerine-icon-theme package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.