How To Install ooo-thumbnailer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ooo-thumbnailer on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 ooo-thumbnailer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ooo-thumbnailer
How To Uninstall ooo-thumbnailer on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ooo-thumbnailer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
