How to Install and Uninstall heif-gdk-pixbuf Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "heif-gdk-pixbuf" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install heif-gdk-pixbuf on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                heif-gdk-pixbuf
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "heif-gdk-pixbuf" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall heif-gdk-pixbuf on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the heif-gdk-pixbuf package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: heif-gdk-pixbuf
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.8.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/graphics
Source: libheif
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 37
Depends: libheif1 (= 1.8.0-1), libc6 (>= 2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0)
Filename: pool/universe/libh/libheif/heif-gdk-pixbuf_1.8.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 6492
MD5sum: 73c2b2377fb401abf039db3a4a4d960c
SHA1: 9fadd5d78cfe12e29766d7773cf626c17e383a74
SHA256: f29d2775e3b20486fe4f0dcd7a9fa59cb0dafd1f81512ed924697bc2a5377746
SHA512: be29618f07a617c680bc4b0b9500e653924218b2527af6e11624a22868ed1b7b29d4cdb089a36aa7017f385c37e32335dce9574d94c0568fe7f8ebd69f9a29bf
Homepage: http://www.libheif.org
Description-en: ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF file format decoder - gdk-pixbuf loader
libheif is an ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF file format decoder. HEIF is a new
image file format employing HEVC (h.265) image coding for the best compression
ratios currently possible.
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A gdk-pixbuf loader module for applications such as "gpicview" and "pcmanfm"
is provided by this package.
Description-md5: 7d5e019db350c4fb0ebe91ea53b28ff4