Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install heif-thumbnailer on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is heif-thumbnailer
heif-thumbnailer 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 thumbnailer for HEIF images that can be used by Nautilus is provided by this
package.
There are three methods to install heif-thumbnailer 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-thumbnailer 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-thumbnailer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install heif-thumbnailer
Install heif-thumbnailer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install heif-thumbnailer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install heif-thumbnailer
Install heif-thumbnailer 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-thumbnailer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install heif-thumbnailer
How To Uninstall heif-thumbnailer on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the heif-thumbnailer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove heif-thumbnailer
Uninstall heif-thumbnailer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall heif-thumbnailer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove heif-thumbnailer
Remove heif-thumbnailer Configurations and Data
To remove heif-thumbnailer configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge heif-thumbnailer
Remove heif-thumbnailer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove heif-thumbnailer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heif-thumbnailer
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install heif-thumbnailer package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
