How To Install libffmpegthumbnailer-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffmpegthumbnailer-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libffmpegthumbnailer-dev
libffmpegthumbnailer-dev is:
FFmpegthumbnailer is a lightweight video thumbnailer that can be used by file managers to create thumbnails for your video files. The thumbnailer uses ffmpeg to decode frames from the video files, so supported videoformats depend on the configuration flags of ffmpeg.
This package contains the development files distributed with ffmpegthumbnailer.
There are three methods to install libffmpegthumbnailer-dev 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 libffmpegthumbnailer-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libffmpegthumbnailer-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libffmpegthumbnailer-dev
Install libffmpegthumbnailer-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libffmpegthumbnailer-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libffmpegthumbnailer-dev
Install libffmpegthumbnailer-dev 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 libffmpegthumbnailer-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libffmpegthumbnailer-dev
How To Uninstall libffmpegthumbnailer-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libffmpegthumbnailer-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libffmpegthumbnailer-dev
Uninstall libffmpegthumbnailer-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libffmpegthumbnailer-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libffmpegthumbnailer-dev
Remove libffmpegthumbnailer-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libffmpegthumbnailer-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libffmpegthumbnailer-dev
Remove libffmpegthumbnailer-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libffmpegthumbnailer-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libffmpegthumbnailer-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffmpegthumbnailer-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
