How To Install gtk2-engines-murrine on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2-engines-murrine on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gtk2-engines-murrine
gtk2-engines-murrine is:
“Murrine” is an Italian word meaning the glass artworks done by Venicians glass blowers. The Engine is cairo-based, and it’s very fast compared to clearlooks-cairo and ubuntulooks.
This package includes the Murrine engine. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install gtk2-engines-murrine 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 gtk2-engines-murrine Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gtk2-engines-murrine using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gtk2-engines-murrine
Install gtk2-engines-murrine Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gtk2-engines-murrine using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gtk2-engines-murrine
Install gtk2-engines-murrine 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 gtk2-engines-murrine using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gtk2-engines-murrine
How To Uninstall gtk2-engines-murrine on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gtk2-engines-murrine package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gtk2-engines-murrine
Uninstall gtk2-engines-murrine And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gtk2-engines-murrine and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtk2-engines-murrine
Remove gtk2-engines-murrine Configurations and Data
To remove gtk2-engines-murrine configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gtk2-engines-murrine
Remove gtk2-engines-murrine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gtk2-engines-murrine configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtk2-engines-murrine
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gtk2-engines-murrine package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
