How To Install ffmpegthumbs on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ffmpegthumbs on Kali Linux.

What is ffmpegthumbs

ffmpegthumbs is:

FFMpegThumbs is a video thumbnail generator for KDE file managers like Dolphin and Konqueror. It enables them to show preview images of video files using FFMpeg.

This package is part of the KDE multimedia module.

There are three methods to install ffmpegthumbs 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 ffmpegthumbs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ffmpegthumbs

Install ffmpegthumbs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ffmpegthumbs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ffmpegthumbs

Install ffmpegthumbs 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 ffmpegthumbs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ffmpegthumbs

How To Uninstall ffmpegthumbs on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ffmpegthumbs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ffmpegthumbs

Uninstall ffmpegthumbs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ffmpegthumbs

Remove ffmpegthumbs Configurations and Data

To remove ffmpegthumbs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ffmpegthumbs

Remove ffmpegthumbs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ffmpegthumbs

Dependencies

ffmpegthumbs have the following dependencies:

• kio
• libavcodec58

References

• ffmpegthumbs website

Summary

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