How To Install ffmpegthumbs on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffmpegthumbs on Ubuntu.
What is ffmpegthumbs
ffmpegthumbs is:
FFMpegThumbs is a video thumbnail generator for KDE file managers like Dolphin and Konqueror. It enables them to show preview images of video files using FFMpeg.
This package is part of the KDE multimedia module.
There are three methods to install ffmpegthumbs on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ffmpegthumbs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ffmpegthumbs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ffmpegthumbs
Install ffmpegthumbs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ffmpegthumbs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ffmpegthumbs
Install ffmpegthumbs 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 ffmpegthumbs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ffmpegthumbs
How To Uninstall ffmpegthumbs on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ffmpegthumbs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ffmpegthumbs
Uninstall ffmpegthumbs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ffmpegthumbs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ffmpegthumbs
Remove ffmpegthumbs Configurations and Data
To remove ffmpegthumbs configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ffmpegthumbs
Remove ffmpegthumbs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ffmpegthumbs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ffmpegthumbs
Dependencies
ffmpegthumbs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffmpegthumbs package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.