How To Install plymouth-theme-spinner 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 plymouth-theme-spinner on Ubuntu.
What is plymouth-theme-spinner
plymouth-theme-spinner is:
Plymouth provides a boot-time I/O multiplexing framework - the most obvious use for which is to provide an attractive graphical animation in place of the text messages that normally get shown during boot. (The messages are instead redirected to a logfile for later viewing.) However, in event-driven boot systems Plymouth can also usefully handle user interaction such as password prompts for encrypted file systems.
This package contains the spinner theme.
There are three methods to install plymouth-theme-spinner 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 plymouth-theme-spinner Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plymouth-theme-spinner using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plymouth-theme-spinner
Install plymouth-theme-spinner Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plymouth-theme-spinner using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plymouth-theme-spinner
Install plymouth-theme-spinner 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 plymouth-theme-spinner using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plymouth-theme-spinner
How To Uninstall plymouth-theme-spinner on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the plymouth-theme-spinner package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plymouth-theme-spinner
Uninstall plymouth-theme-spinner And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plymouth-theme-spinner and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plymouth-theme-spinner
Remove plymouth-theme-spinner Configurations and Data
To remove plymouth-theme-spinner configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plymouth-theme-spinner
Remove plymouth-theme-spinner configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plymouth-theme-spinner configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plymouth-theme-spinner
Dependencies
plymouth-theme-spinner have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plymouth-theme-spinner package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.