How To Install fusion-icon on Ubuntu 22.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install fusion-icon

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is fusion-icon and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 22.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 22.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install fusion-icon on Ubuntu 22.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install fusion-icon using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install fusion-icon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fusion-icon

Install fusion-icon using apt

Because fusion-icon is available in Ubuntu 22.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install fusion-icon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fusion-icon

Install fusion-icon 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 22.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install fusion-icon by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fusion-icon

How to upgrade (update) a single package fusion-icon using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the fusion-icon, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install fusion-icon

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install fusion-icon

How To Uninstall fusion-icon from Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the fusion-icon package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fusion-icon

Uninstall fusion-icon and all its dependencies

To uninstall fusion-icon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fusion-icon

Remove fusion-icon with all configurations and data

To remove fusion-icon configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fusion-icon

Remove fusion-icon completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to fusion-icon package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fusion-icon

Extra info and code examples

The OpenCompositing Project brings 3D desktop visual effects that improve the usability and eye candy of the X Window System and provide increased productivity. This package contains a tray icon that allows you to easily enable, disable and restart Compiz, and change the currently used window manager and/or window decorator.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install fusion-icon using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the fusion-icon from Ubuntu 22.04.

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