How To Install apt-config-icons-large-hidpi on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-config-icons-large-hidpi on Ubuntu.
What is apt-config-icons-large-hidpi
apt-config-icons-large-hidpi is:
This package contains an APT configuration snippet that enables the download of an icon tarball containing application icons for display in software centers. Icons get downloaded directly from the archive via regular cache updates, and match the software currently available in the respective archive suites.
This snippet enables icon tarball downloads in large, 128x128@2 size that are also suitable for HiDPI displays. If these bigger icons are not downloaded by APT, a software center may decide to fetch them on-demand from a web location.
There are three methods to install apt-config-icons-large-hidpi on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install apt-config-icons-large-hidpi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-config-icons-large-hidpi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apt-config-icons-large-hidpi
Install apt-config-icons-large-hidpi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-config-icons-large-hidpi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apt-config-icons-large-hidpi
Install apt-config-icons-large-hidpi 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 apt-config-icons-large-hidpi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apt-config-icons-large-hidpi
How To Uninstall apt-config-icons-large-hidpi on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the apt-config-icons-large-hidpi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apt-config-icons-large-hidpi
Uninstall apt-config-icons-large-hidpi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apt-config-icons-large-hidpi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apt-config-icons-large-hidpi
Remove apt-config-icons-large-hidpi Configurations and Data
To remove apt-config-icons-large-hidpi configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apt-config-icons-large-hidpi
Remove apt-config-icons-large-hidpi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apt-config-icons-large-hidpi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apt-config-icons-large-hidpi
Dependencies
apt-config-icons-large-hidpi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-config-icons-large-hidpi package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.