How To Install tango-icon-theme-common on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install tango-icon-theme-common on Ubuntu 20.04. tango-icon-theme-common is Tango Icon theme - common icons

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tango-icon-theme-common on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is tango-icon-theme-common

tango-icon-theme-common is:

tango-icon-theme-common is an set of icons provided by Ubuntu’s Art themes. It contains additional icons that can be used with Tango and Tangerine.

There are three methods to install tango-icon-theme-common 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 tango-icon-theme-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tango-icon-theme-common

Install tango-icon-theme-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tango-icon-theme-common

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

sudo aptitude -y install tango-icon-theme-common

How To Uninstall tango-icon-theme-common on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove tango-icon-theme-common

Uninstall tango-icon-theme-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tango-icon-theme-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tango-icon-theme-common

Remove tango-icon-theme-common Configurations and Data

To remove tango-icon-theme-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tango-icon-theme-common

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tango-icon-theme-common

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Summary

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