How To Install icnsutils on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install icnsutils on Ubuntu 22.04. icnsutils is utilities for manipulating Mac OS icns files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install icnsutils on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is icnsutils

icnsutils is:

icnsutils includes icns2png and png2icns, two utilies used to extract PNG images from icns files, and create icns files from PNG images.

There are three methods to install icnsutils on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install icnsutils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install icnsutils

Install icnsutils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install icnsutils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install icnsutils

Install icnsutils 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 icnsutils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install icnsutils

How To Uninstall icnsutils on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the icnsutils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove icnsutils

Uninstall icnsutils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall icnsutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove icnsutils

Remove icnsutils Configurations and Data

To remove icnsutils configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge icnsutils

Remove icnsutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove icnsutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icnsutils

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install icnsutils package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.