Installing Gnome Tweaks Tool

There are several ways to customize the look and behavior of your Linux desktop. The easiest way I find is by using Gnome Tweaks Tool(Tweaks). You can install Gnome Tweaks tool/Tweaks via the ubuntu software or via Terminal.

I have mentioned Ubuntu here but the steps below are applicable to any Linux distribution.

Installation using Terminal

Open the terminal app (ctrl + alt + t) in your ubuntu system, type the below command in terminal and hit the enter.

sudo apt-get update

Type your password and wait till the above command completes execution After that enter the below command and press the enter key. It will install the GNOME Tweaks on Ubuntu.

sudo apt install gnome-tweaks

That’s it. To open the GNOME Tweaks, click the show applications in the Ubuntu Gnome dock and type Tweaks in the search box and click Tweaks. You can also open the GNOME Tweaks via terminal. In terminal type below command and hit enter.

gnome-tweaks

Installation using Ubuntu Software Center📦

Open the ubuntu software center and simply search for gnome-tweaks and click on install.

About Tweak Tool💡

GNOME Tweak Tool helps us to change Themes, Icons, cursor, and more. The tool helps us to install Gnome Extensions. Gnome Extensions are small plugins that extend the functionalities of GNOME Desktop.

About apt-get update

The apt-get update command doesn't actually install new versions of the software. Instead, it updates the package lists from the repositories and “updates” them to get information on the newest versions of packages and their dependencies. It will do this for all repositories and PPAs(Personel Package archives) From http://linux.die.net/man/8/apt-get.