How To Install exe-thumbnailer on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install exe-thumbnailer on Kali Linux.

What is exe-thumbnailer

exe-thumbnailer is:

This is a dummy transitional package from exe-thumbnailer to icoextract-thumbnailer. It can be safely removed.

There are three methods to install exe-thumbnailer on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install exe-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 exe-thumbnailer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install exe-thumbnailer

Install exe-thumbnailer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install exe-thumbnailer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install exe-thumbnailer

Install exe-thumbnailer Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install exe-thumbnailer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install exe-thumbnailer

How To Uninstall exe-thumbnailer on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the exe-thumbnailer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove exe-thumbnailer

Uninstall exe-thumbnailer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall exe-thumbnailer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove exe-thumbnailer

Remove exe-thumbnailer Configurations and Data

To remove exe-thumbnailer configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge exe-thumbnailer

Remove exe-thumbnailer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove exe-thumbnailer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge exe-thumbnailer

Dependencies

exe-thumbnailer have the following dependencies:

• icoextract-thumbnailer

References

• exe-thumbnailer website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install exe-thumbnailer package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.