How To Install Papirus Icon Theme On Linux 2018

Insight: Install Papirus Icon Theme On Linux

Papirus is one of the amazing theme available for linux. If you are looking to spice up your default linux themem then papirus icon theme can be the best option. It is a free and open source SVG icon theme for Linux, based on Paper Icon Set

According to the developer, Papirus icon theme is available in six variants:

Papirus (for Arc / Arc Darker)
Papirus Dark (for Arc Dark)
Papirus Light (light theme with Breeze colors)
Papirus Adapta (for Adapta)
Papirus Adapta Nokto (for Adapta Nokto)
ePapirus (for elementary OS and Pantheon Desktop)

Install Papirus Icon Theme On Linux 2018

To Install Theme On Ubuntu and derivatives

It can be done via official PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:papirus/papirus
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install papirus-icon-theme

or install theme by downloading .deb packages from this link below:

Download .deb

For Debian and Derivatives

If you are a Debian users then install Papirus via PPA. Follow the command below to proceed:

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/papirus/papirus/ubuntu xenial main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/papirus-ppa.list"

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com E58A9D36647CAE7F
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install papirus-icon-theme