How To Install kde-thumbnailer-deb on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-thumbnailer-deb on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kde-thumbnailer-deb
kde-thumbnailer-deb is:
QApt is a collection of tools and a library providing a wrapper around APT. The intention is to ease the use of APT in Qt-based programs.
A plugin for KDE file managers (Dolphin and Konqueror) to preview Debian packages (.deb files) as thumbnails.
There are three methods to install kde-thumbnailer-deb 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 kde-thumbnailer-deb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kde-thumbnailer-deb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kde-thumbnailer-deb
Install kde-thumbnailer-deb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kde-thumbnailer-deb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kde-thumbnailer-deb
Install kde-thumbnailer-deb 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 kde-thumbnailer-deb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kde-thumbnailer-deb
How To Uninstall kde-thumbnailer-deb on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kde-thumbnailer-deb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kde-thumbnailer-deb
Uninstall kde-thumbnailer-deb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kde-thumbnailer-deb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-thumbnailer-deb
Remove kde-thumbnailer-deb Configurations and Data
To remove kde-thumbnailer-deb configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kde-thumbnailer-deb
Remove kde-thumbnailer-deb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kde-thumbnailer-deb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-thumbnailer-deb
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-thumbnailer-deb package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
