HEIF(.HEIC) Image Support for Linux/Ubuntu [quick guide]
Jul 19, 2020
High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) is a container format for individual images and image sequences. It was developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG).
The process is very simple, single command line execution.
This is achieved using a package called heif-gdk-pixbuf. It’s is available in ubuntu repositories and you don’t need to add any third party repository.
The command is:
sudo apt install heif-gdk-pixbuf
If the image isn’t opening in your default image viewer you can download Gpicview, It’s a lightweight image viewer with potential to become your default image viewer. This can be installed using —
sudo apt install gpicview
But most probably your default image viewer will work too —
tested on Ubuntu.
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