Install Papirus Icon Theme on Ubuntu Linux. Papirus Icon theme is one of the best themes for Ubuntu Icon. It comes with the best icon packs for Ubuntu Linux systems. Use the Papirus icons to change the look of your Ubuntu desktop – to make it prettier.
Papirus icon borrowed from Sam Hewitt’s Paper Icon theme. The icon theme is designed to work with Unity, GNOME, Cinnamon and other GTK + based desktop environments. A version for KDE users is also available.
The Papirus icon theme is available in four flavors:
- Papyrus
- Papyrus Dark
- Papyrus Light
- ePapirus (for elementary OS and Pantheon Desktop)
Install Papirus Icon Theme – Using Installer Script
Run the following commands in Terminal to install the Papirus icon theme in Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get update
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme/master/install.sh | sh
Install Papirus Icon Theme – Using PPA
Run the following commands in Terminal to install the Papirus icon theme in Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get update
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:papirus/papirus
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install papirus-icon-theme
Install Papirus – Debian and Derivatives
Debian users can also install Papirus from our PPA, but the commands will be different:
sudo apt-get update
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/papirus/papirus/ubuntu bionic main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/papirus-ppa.list"
sudo apt-get install dirmngr
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com E58A9D36647CAE7F
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install papirus-icon-theme
Remove Papirus Icon Theme – Installer
Run the following commands in terminal to remove Papirus icon theme {if installed via installer script}
sudo apt-get update
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme/master/install.sh | sh
Removing Papirus Icon Theme – PPA
Run the following commands in terminal to remove Papirus icon theme {if installed via PPA}
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get remove papirus-icon-theme
