How To Install heif-gdk-pixbuf on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install heif-gdk-pixbuf
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is heif-gdk-pixbuf
heif-gdk-pixbuf is:
libheif is an ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF file format decoder. HEIF is a new image file format employing HEVC (h.265) image coding for the best compression ratios currently possible.
A gdk-pixbuf loader module for applications such as “gpicview” and “pcmanfm” is provided by this package.
There are three methods to install heif-gdk-pixbuf
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install heif-gdk-pixbuf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install heif-gdk-pixbuf
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install heif-gdk-pixbuf
Install heif-gdk-pixbuf Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install heif-gdk-pixbuf
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install heif-gdk-pixbuf
Install heif-gdk-pixbuf 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 heif-gdk-pixbuf
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install heif-gdk-pixbuf
How To Uninstall heif-gdk-pixbuf on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the heif-gdk-pixbuf
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove heif-gdk-pixbuf
Uninstall heif-gdk-pixbuf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall heif-gdk-pixbuf
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove heif-gdk-pixbuf
Remove heif-gdk-pixbuf Configurations and Data
To remove heif-gdk-pixbuf
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge heif-gdk-pixbuf
Remove heif-gdk-pixbuf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove heif-gdk-pixbuf
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heif-gdk-pixbuf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install heif-gdk-pixbuf
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.