How To Install libethumb-client-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libethumb-client-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libethumb-client-bin
libethumb-client-bin is:
Ethumb-Client creates thumbnails by communicating with a thumbnail generation server using standard D-Bus protocol. The server uses Ethumb itself to generate the thumbnail images and cache them using FreeDesktop.Org standard.
This package provides the ethumbd helper binary and the associated D-Bus service file that are internally used by libethumb-client.
There are three methods to install libethumb-client-bin 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 libethumb-client-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libethumb-client-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libethumb-client-bin
Install libethumb-client-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libethumb-client-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libethumb-client-bin
Install libethumb-client-bin 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 libethumb-client-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libethumb-client-bin
How To Uninstall libethumb-client-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libethumb-client-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libethumb-client-bin
Uninstall libethumb-client-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libethumb-client-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libethumb-client-bin
Remove libethumb-client-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libethumb-client-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libethumb-client-bin
Remove libethumb-client-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libethumb-client-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libethumb-client-bin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libethumb-client-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
