How To Install papirus-icon-theme 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 papirus-icon-theme on Ubuntu.

What is papirus-icon-theme

papirus-icon-theme is:

Papirus is a SVG-based icon theme, drawing inspiration from Material Design and flat design.

This package contains the following icon themes:

• Papirus
• Papirus-Dark
• Papirus-Light
• ePapirus
• ePapirus-Dark

There are three methods to install papirus-icon-theme 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 papirus-icon-theme Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install papirus-icon-theme

Install papirus-icon-theme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install papirus-icon-theme using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install papirus-icon-theme

Install papirus-icon-theme 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 papirus-icon-theme using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install papirus-icon-theme

How To Uninstall papirus-icon-theme on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the papirus-icon-theme package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove papirus-icon-theme

Uninstall papirus-icon-theme And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove papirus-icon-theme

Remove papirus-icon-theme Configurations and Data

To remove papirus-icon-theme configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge papirus-icon-theme

Remove papirus-icon-theme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge papirus-icon-theme

Dependencies

papirus-icon-theme have the following dependencies:

• hicolor-icon-theme

References

• papirus-icon-theme website

Summary

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