How To Install kffmpegthumbnailer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kffmpegthumbnailer on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kffmpegthumbnailer
kffmpegthumbnailer is:
kffmpegthumbnailer is a video thumbnailer based on ffmpegthumbnailer. The thumbnailer uses ffmpeg to decode frames from the video files.
There are three methods to install kffmpegthumbnailer on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kffmpegthumbnailer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kffmpegthumbnailer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kffmpegthumbnailer
Install kffmpegthumbnailer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kffmpegthumbnailer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kffmpegthumbnailer
Install kffmpegthumbnailer 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 kffmpegthumbnailer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kffmpegthumbnailer
How To Uninstall kffmpegthumbnailer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kffmpegthumbnailer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kffmpegthumbnailer
Uninstall kffmpegthumbnailer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kffmpegthumbnailer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kffmpegthumbnailer
Remove kffmpegthumbnailer Configurations and Data
To remove kffmpegthumbnailer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kffmpegthumbnailer
Remove kffmpegthumbnailer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kffmpegthumbnailer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kffmpegthumbnailer
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kffmpegthumbnailer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
