How To Install tumbler-plugins-extra on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install tumbler-plugins-extra on Debian 9. tumbler-plugins-extra is D-Bus thumbnailing service (additional plugins)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tumbler-plugins-extra on Debian 9.

What is tumbler-plugins-extra

tumbler-plugins-extra is:

Tumbler is a D-Bus service for applications to request thumbnails for various URI schemes and MIME types. It is an implementation of the thumbnail management D-Bus specification described on http://live.gnome.org/ThumbnailerSpec.

This package adds the following plugins to tumbler:

  • Cover thumbnailer for movies
  • FFMpeg/Libav thumbnailer for video files
  • OpenDocument Format thumbnailer
  • Raw Digital Camera Images thumbnailer.

There are three methods to install tumbler-plugins-extra on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tumbler-plugins-extra Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tumbler-plugins-extra using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tumbler-plugins-extra

Install tumbler-plugins-extra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tumbler-plugins-extra using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tumbler-plugins-extra

Install tumbler-plugins-extra 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install tumbler-plugins-extra using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tumbler-plugins-extra

How To Uninstall tumbler-plugins-extra on Debian 9

To uninstall only the tumbler-plugins-extra package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tumbler-plugins-extra

Uninstall tumbler-plugins-extra And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tumbler-plugins-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tumbler-plugins-extra

Remove tumbler-plugins-extra Configurations and Data

To remove tumbler-plugins-extra configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tumbler-plugins-extra

Remove tumbler-plugins-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tumbler-plugins-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tumbler-plugins-extra

Dependencies

tumbler-plugins-extra have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tumbler-plugins-extra package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.