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How to "uninstall" Plymouth Themes

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I have been working with custom Plymouth themes and have ran into a little confusion. For a
reason unclear to me, you have to enter the following:
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sudo update-alternatives --install /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth
default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/THEMENAME/THEMENAME.plymouth 100

1 into the Terminal to get the

sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth

Command to recognize your theme and then run the initramfs update.

My question is.. what is the SAFE way to uninstall (delete) a theme so that no fatal errors
error? I would just delete the folder but I don't know if that would mess anything up within the
system.

Any input is appropriated c:

12.04 plymouth

Share Edit Follow Flag edited Jun 21 '13 at 14:43 asked Jun 21 '13 at 13:29
SimplySimon user101351
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It can be done:

5 $ sudo update-alternatives --remove default.plymouth

/path/folder/theme/to/uninstall/file-theme.plymouth

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TioDeLaTecla
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9/18/21, 4:40 PM 12.04 - How to "uninstall" Plymouth Themes - Ask Ubuntu

Looks like it is just as simple as deleting the theme's folder.. the theme can't be currently
selected as the boot theme however.. that could cause issues.
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