How To Install gnome-themes-extra on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-themes-extra on Ubuntu 20.04. gnome-themes-extra is Adwaita GTK+ 2 theme — engine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-themes-extra on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is gnome-themes-extra

gnome-themes-extra is:

This is the version of Adwaita, the standard GNOME theme, for the GTK+ 2.x toolkit.

The GTK+ 3.x version is already included in libgtk-3-0.

This package contains the Adwaita theme engine. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

There are three methods to install gnome-themes-extra 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 gnome-themes-extra Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-themes-extra using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-themes-extra

Install gnome-themes-extra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-themes-extra using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnome-themes-extra

Install gnome-themes-extra 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 gnome-themes-extra using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-themes-extra

How To Uninstall gnome-themes-extra on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gnome-themes-extra package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-themes-extra

Uninstall gnome-themes-extra And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-themes-extra

Remove gnome-themes-extra Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-themes-extra configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-themes-extra

Remove gnome-themes-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gnome-themes-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-themes-extra

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Summary

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