How To Install famfamfam-silk on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install famfamfam-silk on Ubuntu 20.04. famfamfam-silk is smooth, free icon set, with over 700 16x16 pixel icons

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install famfamfam-silk on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is famfamfam-silk

famfamfam-silk is:

“Silk” is a smooth, free icon set, containing over 700 16-by-16 pixel icons in strokably-soft PNG format. Containing a large variety of icons, you’re sure to find something that tickles your fancy.

There are three methods to install famfamfam-silk on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install famfamfam-silk Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install famfamfam-silk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install famfamfam-silk

Install famfamfam-silk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install famfamfam-silk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install famfamfam-silk

Install famfamfam-silk 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 famfamfam-silk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install famfamfam-silk

How To Uninstall famfamfam-silk on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the famfamfam-silk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove famfamfam-silk

Uninstall famfamfam-silk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall famfamfam-silk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove famfamfam-silk

Remove famfamfam-silk Configurations and Data

To remove famfamfam-silk configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge famfamfam-silk

Remove famfamfam-silk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove famfamfam-silk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge famfamfam-silk

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install famfamfam-silk package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.