How To Install heif-gdk-pixbuf on Ubuntu 22.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install heif-gdk-pixbuf on Ubuntu 22.04. heif-gdk-pixbuf is ISO/IEC 23008-12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install heif-gdk-pixbuf on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is heif-gdk-pixbuf

heif-gdk-pixbuf is:

libheif is an ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF file format decoder. HEIF is a new
image file format employing HEVC (h.265) image coding for the best compression
ratios currently possible.

A gdk-pixbuf loader module for applications such as “gpicview” and “pcmanfm”
is provided by this package.

There are three methods to install heif-gdk-pixbuf on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install heif-gdk-pixbuf Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install heif-gdk-pixbuf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install heif-gdk-pixbuf

Install heif-gdk-pixbuf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install heif-gdk-pixbuf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install heif-gdk-pixbuf

Install heif-gdk-pixbuf Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install heif-gdk-pixbuf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install heif-gdk-pixbuf

How To Uninstall heif-gdk-pixbuf on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the heif-gdk-pixbuf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove heif-gdk-pixbuf

Uninstall heif-gdk-pixbuf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall heif-gdk-pixbuf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove heif-gdk-pixbuf

Remove heif-gdk-pixbuf Configurations and Data

To remove heif-gdk-pixbuf configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge heif-gdk-pixbuf

Remove heif-gdk-pixbuf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove heif-gdk-pixbuf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heif-gdk-pixbuf

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install heif-gdk-pixbuf package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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