How To Install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg on Debian 10.
What is ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg
ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg is:
FFmpegthumbnailer is a lightweight video thumbnailer that can be used by file managers to create thumbnails for your video files. The thumbnailer uses ffmpeg to decode frames from the video files, so supported videoformats depend on the configuration flags of ffmpeg.
This package contains the debugging symbols for ffmpegthumbnailer.
There are three methods to install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg
Install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg
Install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg 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 ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg
How To Uninstall ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg
Uninstall ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg
Remove ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg
Remove ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg
Dependencies
ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.