How To Install arctica-greeter-theme-debian 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 arctica-greeter-theme-debian on Ubuntu.

What is `arctica-greeter-theme-debian`

arctica-greeter-theme-debian is:

A greeter shell for the LightDM login manager. Arctica Greeter can be used as local display manager as well as thin client login manager.

This package themes Arctica Greeter with a Debian look’n’feel. It will use the currently active Debian theme.

There are three methods to install arctica-greeter-theme-debian 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 arctica-greeter-theme-debian Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install arctica-greeter-theme-debian using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install arctica-greeter-theme-debian

Install arctica-greeter-theme-debian Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install arctica-greeter-theme-debian using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install arctica-greeter-theme-debian

Install arctica-greeter-theme-debian 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 arctica-greeter-theme-debian using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install arctica-greeter-theme-debian

How To Uninstall arctica-greeter-theme-debian on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the arctica-greeter-theme-debian package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove arctica-greeter-theme-debian

Uninstall arctica-greeter-theme-debian And Its Dependencies

To uninstall arctica-greeter-theme-debian and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove arctica-greeter-theme-debian

Remove arctica-greeter-theme-debian Configurations and Data

To remove arctica-greeter-theme-debian configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge arctica-greeter-theme-debian

Remove arctica-greeter-theme-debian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove arctica-greeter-theme-debian configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge arctica-greeter-theme-debian

Dependencies

arctica-greeter-theme-debian have the following dependencies:

References

arctica-greeter-theme-debian website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install arctica-greeter-theme-debian package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.