How To Install heif-thumbnailer on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install heif-thumbnailer on Kali Linux.
What is heif-thumbnailer
heif-thumbnailer 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 thumbnailer for HEIF images that can be used by Nautilus is provided by this package.
There are three methods to install heif-thumbnailer 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 heif-thumbnailer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install heif-thumbnailer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install heif-thumbnailerInstall heif-thumbnailer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install heif-thumbnailer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install heif-thumbnailerInstall heif-thumbnailer 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 heif-thumbnailer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install heif-thumbnailerHow To Uninstall heif-thumbnailer on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the heif-thumbnailer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove heif-thumbnailerUninstall heif-thumbnailer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall heif-thumbnailer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove heif-thumbnailerRemove heif-thumbnailer Configurations and Data
To remove heif-thumbnailer configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge heif-thumbnailerRemove heif-thumbnailer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove heif-thumbnailer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heif-thumbnailerDependencies
heif-thumbnailer have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install heif-thumbnailer package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
