{"id":43045,"date":"2022-08-23T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=43045"},"modified":"2024-07-21T07:32:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T07:32:33","slug":"thumbnail-epub-mobi-ubuntu-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/08\/thumbnail-epub-mobi-ubuntu-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Enable Thumbnails for EPub \/ MOBI eBooks in Ubuntu 22.04 & 24.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Got some ePub and\/or MOBI books in your PC? Debian \/ Ubuntu has recently includes a package in their repository for generating thumbnails for these files.<\/b><\/p>\n

As you may know, Linux Mint 21 was released recently with a thumbnail generators<\/a> for AppImage, ePub, MP3 and RAW files. Debian\/Ubuntu now has similar tool called gnome-epub-thumbnailer<\/code>, though it’s only for ePub and MOBI books.<\/p>\n

With the package installed, the default file manager will no longer display the universal “e” image with green background for all ePub files. Instead, it shows thumbnail book covers.<\/p>\n

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Enable EPub \/ MOBI Thumbnails in Ubuntu 24.04<\/h3>\n

For Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, the package has been made into the system repositories.<\/p>\n

Simply press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open up a terminal window. When it opens, run the command below to install the package:<\/p>\n

sudo apt install gnome-epub-thumbnailer<\/pre>\n
NOTE: the package is only for the default GNOME Desktop!<\/i> Install the Foliate eBook reader from system repository will also install it as recommend dependency package.<\/p>\n
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After that, just close Nautilus file manager and re-open it. Or, run nautilus -q<\/code> command in terminal to apply.<\/p>\n
Enable EPub \/ MOBI Thumbnails in Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04<\/h3>\n
For the previous Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, user can either build the package from source code<\/a>, or use this unofficial PPA<\/a> that supports only AMD\/Intel computers.<\/p>\n
To add the PPA and install the package, press Ctrl + Alt +T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal and run 3 commands one by one:<\/p>\n
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/apps<\/pre>\n
sudo apt update<\/pre>\n
sudo apt install gnome-epub-thumbnailer<\/pre>\n
NOTE: The first command will asks for password authentication, though there’s no asterisk feedback. Just type in mind and hit Enter to continue.<\/p>\n
Enable EPub \/ MOBI Thumbnails in Fedora, Arch, SUSE Linux<\/h3>\n
Most other recent Linux systems have also added the package into their official repositories. If you want to get it, open terminal and run command:<\/p>\n
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  • For Fedora, use command:\n
    sudo dnf install gnome-epub-thumbnailer<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  • Arch and Manjaro Linux can install it via:\n
    sudo pacman -S gnome-epub-thumbnailer<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n
  • And, openSUSE user may run command:\n
    sudo zypper install gnome-epub-thumbnailer<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    Uninstall the Thumbnails<\/h3>\n
    Thumbnails generate automatically once you installed the package. If somehow you want to get rid of them, open terminal and run command:<\/p>\n
    sudo apt remove gnome-epub-thumbnailer<\/pre>\n
    Also remove the PPA via command:<\/p>\n
    sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/apps<\/pre>\n
    Replace apt<\/code> depends your system. For Arch, use sudo pacman -R gnome-epub-thumbnailer<\/code>.<\/p>\n
    Removing the package won’t clear existing thumbnail images, until you removed the content under “~\/.cache\/thumbnails<\/code>” either from file manager or by running command:<\/p>\n
    rm -R ~\/.cache\/thumbnails\/*<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    Got some ePub and\/or MOBI books in your PC? Debian \/ Ubuntu has recently includes a package in their repository for generating thumbnails for these files. As you may know, Linux Mint 21 was released recently with a thumbnail generators for AppImage, ePub, MP3 and RAW files. Debian\/Ubuntu now has similar tool called gnome-epub-thumbnailer, though […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1224,428],"class_list":["post-43045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-howtos","tag-epub","tag-nautilus"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}