How To Install faba-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install faba-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04. faba-icon-theme is Tango influenced icon theme called Faba

Introduction

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

What is faba-icon-theme

faba-icon-theme is:

Faba is was designed with simplicity and compliance to icon standards in mind. Its purpose is to serve as a base icon theme to other themes (such as Moka). As such, Faba is only comprised of minimal set of icons for the system, select apps, folders, mimetypes, toolbars, etc.

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

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

Install faba-icon-theme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install faba-icon-theme

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

sudo aptitude -y install faba-icon-theme

How To Uninstall faba-icon-theme on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove faba-icon-theme

Uninstall faba-icon-theme And Its Dependencies

To uninstall faba-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 faba-icon-theme

Remove faba-icon-theme Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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