How To Install icontool on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icontool on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is icontool
icontool is:
icontool is a suite of tools for maintaining icons in a software project or within an icon theme project. These scripts can be used to render icons using the Tango Project’s single canvas SVG workflow, and to provide symlinks for backward compatibility in icon themes.
There are three methods to install icontool 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 icontool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install icontool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icontool
Install icontool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install icontool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icontool
Install icontool 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 icontool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icontool
How To Uninstall icontool on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the icontool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icontool
Uninstall icontool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icontool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icontool
Remove icontool Configurations and Data
To remove icontool configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icontool
Remove icontool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icontool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icontool
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icontool package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
