Install Papirus Icon Theme On Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
The Papirus Icon theme is one of the most popular icon themes available right now for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Recently, the Papirus Icon theme has been updated with more than 60 new app icons.
Papirus is a free and open-source SVG icon theme for Linux.
In this tutorial post, we will show you the method to install the Papirus icon theme on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
How To Install Papirus Icon Theme On Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Papirus icon theme is available in five variants:
- ePapirus (This is available for elementary OS and Pantheon Desktop only)
- ePapirus Dark (This is available for elementary OS and Pantheon Desktop only)
- Papirus Dark
- Papirus Light
- Papirus
You can install Papirus on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS using the official PPA. Run the following commands to add PPA and install the Papirus icon theme on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:papirus/papirus
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install papirus-icon-theme
Install Papirus Icon theme on Debian and derivatives
For Debian users, run the following commands to install the Papirus icon theme using PPA:
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/papirus/papirus/ubuntu focal main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/papirus-ppa.list"
sudo apt-get install dirmngr
sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring gnupg-ring:/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/papirus.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv E58A9D36647CAE7F
sudo chmod 644 /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/papirus.gpg
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install papirus-icon-theme
Now, after installing the Papirus Icon theme, you need the Gnome tweak tool to change the themes and icons of the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
Just in case, if you need to install GNOME Tweak Tool then run the following command to install the Gnome tweak tool on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool
After installing, you can run the Gnome Tweak Tool by running the following command:
gnome-tweaks
