How To Install gnome-raw-thumbnailer on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-raw-thumbnailer on Ubuntu 18.04. gnome-raw-thumbnailer is RAW file thumbnailer for GNOME

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-raw-thumbnailer on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gnome-raw-thumbnailer

gnome-raw-thumbnailer is:

gnome-raw-thumbnailer is a thumbnailer for GNOME that will make thumbnails for camera RAW files by extracting their preview.

http://gnome-raw-thumb.sourceforge.net/

There are three methods to install gnome-raw-thumbnailer on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-raw-thumbnailer

Install gnome-raw-thumbnailer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-raw-thumbnailer

Install gnome-raw-thumbnailer 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-raw-thumbnailer

How To Uninstall gnome-raw-thumbnailer on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-raw-thumbnailer

Uninstall gnome-raw-thumbnailer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-raw-thumbnailer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-raw-thumbnailer

Remove gnome-raw-thumbnailer Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-raw-thumbnailer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-raw-thumbnailer

Remove gnome-raw-thumbnailer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-raw-thumbnailer

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-raw-thumbnailer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.