How To Install ffmpegthumbnailer on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffmpegthumbnailer on Debian 9.
What is ffmpegthumbnailer
ffmpegthumbnailer 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 ffmpegthumbnailer executable.
There are three methods to install ffmpegthumbnailer 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 ffmpegthumbnailer 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ffmpegthumbnailer
Install ffmpegthumbnailer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ffmpegthumbnailer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ffmpegthumbnailer
Install ffmpegthumbnailer 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ffmpegthumbnailer
How To Uninstall ffmpegthumbnailer on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ffmpegthumbnailer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ffmpegthumbnailer
Uninstall ffmpegthumbnailer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ffmpegthumbnailer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ffmpegthumbnailer
Remove ffmpegthumbnailer Configurations and Data
To remove ffmpegthumbnailer configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ffmpegthumbnailer
Remove ffmpegthumbnailer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ffmpegthumbnailer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ffmpegthumbnailer
Dependencies
ffmpegthumbnailer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffmpegthumbnailer package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.