How To Install icoextract-thumbnailer on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install icoextract-thumbnailer on Kali Linux.

What is icoextract-thumbnailer

icoextract-thumbnailer is:

icoextract is an icon extraction library for Windows PE files (.exe/.dll)

This package installs a Windows executable thumbnailer for file managers supporting Freedesktop.org thumbnailers.

There are three methods to install icoextract-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 icoextract-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 icoextract-thumbnailer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install icoextract-thumbnailer

Install icoextract-thumbnailer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install icoextract-thumbnailer

Install icoextract-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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install icoextract-thumbnailer

How To Uninstall icoextract-thumbnailer on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove icoextract-thumbnailer

Uninstall icoextract-thumbnailer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove icoextract-thumbnailer

Remove icoextract-thumbnailer Configurations and Data

To remove icoextract-thumbnailer configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge icoextract-thumbnailer

Remove icoextract-thumbnailer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icoextract-thumbnailer

Dependencies

icoextract-thumbnailer have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• icoextract-thumbnailer website

Summary

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