How to Install and Uninstall hicolor-icon-theme Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 26,2025

You can also install and uninstall the hicolor-icon-theme on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "hicolor-icon-theme" package

This tutorial shows how to install hicolor-icon-theme on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "hicolor-icon-theme" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall hicolor-icon-theme on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hicolor-icon-theme package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: hicolor-icon-theme
Architecture: all
Version: 0.17-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 440
Filename: pool/main/h/hicolor-icon-theme/hicolor-icon-theme_0.17-2_all.deb
Size: 9976
MD5sum: bce9c3148337fb38d245922e12007e44
SHA1: 5b6c18d196631f1019adb570c01498fa1c17ae59
SHA256: 9000eb98868252261978ff49501c0ace3124cb369c395e9f5015ddc556fe2ba6
SHA512: ed828a44f157fab24e1c63eb311da366731778eb732c1e95a7092a2dd6450ec22072ce0a9eddf97c1799df4cf127ba95be2f2528d41f9d2f3794064bf022fe4e
Description: default fallback theme for FreeDesktop.org icon themes
Description-md5: 653c5f5ecfe0f797f5a047b73a60b6d5
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi