How To Install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg on Kali Linux.
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 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 ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbgInstall ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbgInstall ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbgHow To Uninstall ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ffmpegthumbnailer-dbgUninstall ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ffmpegthumbnailer-dbgRemove ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ffmpegthumbnailer-dbgRemove 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-dbgDependencies
ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffmpegthumbnailer-dbg package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.