Accidentally removed base Adwaita icons on Fedora 43 – broken icons & mixed icon setup question

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While trying to install the Adwaita Colors icon pack on Fedora 43, I accidentally deleted some of the default/base icon files. After that, several system and application icons are broken or missing across the desktop.

What is the correct way to restore the default Adwaita/base icon packages on Fedora 43 without reinstalling the OS? I’d like to bring the system icons back to a clean, working state.

Additionally, I have a question about icon customization:

Is it possible to use Adwaita-style icons only for folders and MIME types in Nautilus, while keeping custom icons for applications at the same time? I don’t really like the default application icons, so my goal is:

  • Adwaita icons for folders and file types

  • Custom icon theme for applications

Is this achievable through icon theme inheritance or any other supported method in GNOME/Fedora?

Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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sudo rpm -Va

[sudo] password for xxx:
…T. /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
…T. /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/fbx64.efi
…T. /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/BOOTX64.CSV
…T. /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/mmx64.efi
…T. /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/shim.efi
…T. /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/shimx64.efi
…T. /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTIA32.EFI
…T. /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/fbia32.efi
…T. /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/BOOTIA32.CSV
…T. /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/mmia32.efi
…T. /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/shimia32.efi
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/16x16
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/16x16/apps
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/16x16/apps/gnome-main-menu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/16x16/apps/icon-panel-menu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/16x16/apps/kmenu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/16x16/apps/start-here.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/22x22
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missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/22x22/apps/gnome-main-menu.png
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missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/22x22/apps/kmenu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/22x22/apps/start-here.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/24x24
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/24x24/apps
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/24x24/apps/gnome-main-menu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/24x24/apps/icon-panel-menu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/24x24/apps/kmenu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/24x24/apps/start-here.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/256x256
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/256x256/apps
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/256x256/apps/gnome-main-menu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/256x256/apps/icon-panel-menu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/256x256/apps/kmenu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/256x256/apps/start-here.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/32x32
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missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/32x32/apps/icon-panel-menu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/32x32/apps/kmenu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/32x32/apps/start-here.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/36x36
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missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/36x36/apps/gnome-main-menu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/36x36/apps/icon-panel-menu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/36x36/apps/kmenu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/36x36/apps/start-here.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/48x48
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/48x48/apps
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/48x48/apps/gnome-main-menu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/48x48/apps/icon-panel-menu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/48x48/apps/kmenu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/48x48/apps/start-here.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/96x96
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/96x96/apps
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/96x96/apps/gnome-main-menu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/96x96/apps/icon-panel-menu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/96x96/apps/kmenu.png
missing /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/96x96/apps/start-here.png
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/fedora-logo-icon.png
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/places/start-here.png
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/fedora-logo-icon.png
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/places/start-here.png
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/fedora-logo-icon.png
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/places/start-here.png
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/anaconda.png
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/fedora-logo-icon.png
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missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/fedora-logo-icon.png
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missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/36x36/apps/fedora-logo-icon.png
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/36x36/places/start-here.png
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/fedora-logo-icon.png
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/org.fedoraproject.AnacondaInstaller.svg
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/places/start-here.png
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps/fedora-logo-icon.png
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/places/start-here.png
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/org.fedoraproject.AnacondaInstaller.svg
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/start-here.svg
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/xfce4_xicon1.svg
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/places/start-here.svg
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps/org.fedoraproject.AnacondaInstaller-symbolic.svg
missing /usr/share/icons/oxygen
missing /usr/share/icons/oxygen/16x16
missing /usr/share/icons/oxygen/16x16/places
missing /usr/share/icons/oxygen/16x16/places/start-here-kde-fedora.png
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missing /usr/share/icons/oxygen/22x22/places
missing /usr/share/icons/oxygen/22x22/places/start-here-kde-fedora.png
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missing /usr/share/icons/oxygen/36x36/places/start-here-kde-fedora.png
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missing /usr/share/icons/oxygen/48x48/places/start-here-kde-fedora.png
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missing /usr/share/icons/oxygen/96x96/places/start-here-kde-fedora.png
missing /usr/share/icons/oxygen/scalable
missing /usr/share/icons/oxygen/scalable/apps
missing /usr/share/icons/oxygen/scalable/apps/org.fedoraproject.AnacondaInstaller.svg
missing /usr/share/icons/default
missing /usr/share/icons/default/index.theme
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missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/libpeas-plugin.png
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/libpeas-plugin.png
missing /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/actions/libpeas-plugin.png
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a lot of missing any way to get it back sir.

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no sir, same as before.

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You can simply reinstall all involved packages:

sudo dnf reinstall $(rpm -q -f $(rpm -q -l -a \
    | grep -e ^/usr/share/icons) | sort -u)