How To Install ooo-thumbnailer on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ooo-thumbnailer

ooo-thumbnailer is:

ooo-thumbnailer is a lightweight OpenOffice.org document thumbnailer that can be used by Nautilus to create thumbnails for your documents, spreadsheets, presentations and drawings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ooo-thumbnailer

Install ooo-thumbnailer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ooo-thumbnailer

Install ooo-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 ooo-thumbnailer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ooo-thumbnailer

How To Uninstall ooo-thumbnailer on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ooo-thumbnailer

Uninstall ooo-thumbnailer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ooo-thumbnailer

Remove ooo-thumbnailer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ooo-thumbnailer

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

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

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

Dependencies

ooo-thumbnailer have the following dependencies:

• unzip
• imagemagick

References

• ooo-thumbnailer website

Summary

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