How To Install xfe-themes on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfe-themes on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xfe-themes
xfe-themes is:
Xfe is based on the popular but discontinued X Win Commander. It is desktop independent and is written using the C++ Fox Toolkit. Its appearance is similar to the Windows file-manager Total Commander or Windows Explorer. It is very fast and simple.
This package contains all icon themes for xfe and its utils.
There are three methods to install xfe-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 xfe-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 xfe-themes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfe-themes
Install xfe-themes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfe-themes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfe-themes
Install xfe-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 xfe-themes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfe-themes
How To Uninstall xfe-themes on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xfe-themes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfe-themes
Uninstall xfe-themes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfe-themes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfe-themes
Remove xfe-themes Configurations and Data
To remove xfe-themes configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfe-themes
Remove xfe-themes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfe-themes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfe-themes
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfe-themes package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
