How To Install kdesdk-thumbnailers on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdesdk-thumbnailers on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kdesdk-thumbnailers
kdesdk-thumbnailers is:
It contains a plugin to allow KDE software to create thumbnails for Gettext translations files (po).
This package is part of the KDE Software Development Kit module.
There are three methods to install kdesdk-thumbnailers 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 kdesdk-thumbnailers Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kdesdk-thumbnailers using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kdesdk-thumbnailers
Install kdesdk-thumbnailers Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kdesdk-thumbnailers using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kdesdk-thumbnailers
Install kdesdk-thumbnailers 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 kdesdk-thumbnailers using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kdesdk-thumbnailers
How To Uninstall kdesdk-thumbnailers on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kdesdk-thumbnailers package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kdesdk-thumbnailers
Uninstall kdesdk-thumbnailers And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kdesdk-thumbnailers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdesdk-thumbnailers
Remove kdesdk-thumbnailers Configurations and Data
To remove kdesdk-thumbnailers configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kdesdk-thumbnailers
Remove kdesdk-thumbnailers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kdesdk-thumbnailers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdesdk-thumbnailers
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdesdk-thumbnailers package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
