How To Install tango-icon-theme on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tango-icon-theme on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is tango-icon-theme
tango-icon-theme is:
This package contains the icons made by the Tango project.
The project’s aim is to create a cross-desktop and cross-platform icon theme following the Icon Naming Specification by the Freedesktop project. The icons follow a standard and consistent style guide to look coherent.
There are three methods to install tango-icon-theme 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tango-icon-theme
Install tango-icon-theme Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tango-icon-theme using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tango-icon-theme
Install tango-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 tango-icon-theme using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tango-icon-theme
How To Uninstall tango-icon-theme on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the tango-icon-theme package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tango-icon-theme
Uninstall tango-icon-theme And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tango-icon-theme 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
Remove tango-icon-theme Configurations and Data
To remove tango-icon-theme configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tango-icon-theme
Remove tango-icon-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tango-icon-theme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tango-icon-theme
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tango-icon-theme package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
