How To Install vim-airline-themes on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-airline-themes on Ubuntu 20.04. vim-airline-themes is official theme collection for vim-airline

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vim-airline-themes on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is vim-airline-themes

vim-airline-themes is:

Official collection of themes for vim-airline.

Once installed, use :AirlineTheme to set the theme, eg. :AirlineTheme badwolf To set in .vimrc, use let g:airline_theme=’’, eg. :let g:airline_theme=‘badwolf’

There are three methods to install vim-airline-themes 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 vim-airline-themes Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vim-airline-themes

Install vim-airline-themes Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vim-airline-themes

Install vim-airline-themes 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 vim-airline-themes using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vim-airline-themes

How To Uninstall vim-airline-themes on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the vim-airline-themes package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vim-airline-themes

Uninstall vim-airline-themes And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vim-airline-themes

Remove vim-airline-themes Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vim-airline-themes

Remove vim-airline-themes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vim-airline-themes

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Summary

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