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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "heif-thumbnailer" package

Please follow the guidance below to install heif-thumbnailer on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                heif-thumbnailer
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "heif-thumbnailer" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall heif-thumbnailer on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: heif-thumbnailer
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: 54
Depends: libheif1 (= 1.8.0-1), libc6 (>= 2.11), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/universe/libh/libheif/heif-thumbnailer_1.8.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 11116
MD5sum: 776c823650027250df2db9065e67e9f1
SHA1: 7179dd761c9719127d15e64f9ae12cb3eed2e758
SHA256: 6a3bed4a6afbdc9e0a9d713fcf6c0f931faea74d2e284af67d68fb12ca3a5868
SHA512: 4e12df2c5367497a1e8de3d0c71d8f783ca21e1f4f49dcfffcc4d0ffb7ea9da8bd9563f28429d9377f7be447b8bbd174e7ffe2fde73d8ebc5320a1a85d3f7d52
Homepage: http://www.libheif.org
Description-en: ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF file format decoder - thumbnailer
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 thumbnailer for HEIF images that can be used by Nautilus is provided by this
package.
Description-md5: e50d2d70bb250e23f33b019c049adc6d