How To Install elementary-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elementary-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is elementary-icon-theme
elementary-icon-theme is:
The official elementary icons are designed to be simple and appealing.
These icons are the inspiration behind Ubuntu’s default Humanity icon theme.
There are three methods to install elementary-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 elementary-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 elementary-icon-theme using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elementary-icon-theme
Install elementary-icon-theme Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elementary-icon-theme using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elementary-icon-theme
Install elementary-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 elementary-icon-theme using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elementary-icon-theme
How To Uninstall elementary-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the elementary-icon-theme package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elementary-icon-theme
Uninstall elementary-icon-theme And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elementary-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 elementary-icon-theme
Remove elementary-icon-theme Configurations and Data
To remove elementary-icon-theme configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elementary-icon-theme
Remove elementary-icon-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elementary-icon-theme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elementary-icon-theme
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elementary-icon-theme package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
