totem-video-thumbnailer command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

totem-video-thumbnailer: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: totem-video-thumbnailer: command not found

Solutions to totem-video-thumbnailer: command not found

How To Fix totem-video-thumbnailer: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu totem-video-thumbnailer is provided by totem package.

totem is:

Totem is a simple yet featureful media player for GNOME which can read a large number of file formats. It features :

* Shoutcast, m3u, asx, SMIL and ra playlists support
* DVD (with menus), VCD and Digital CD (with CDDB) playback
* TV-Out configuration with optional resolution switching
* 4.0, 5.0, 5.1 and stereo audio output
* Full-screen mode (move your mouse and you get nice controls) with
  Xinerama, dual-head and RandR support
* Aspect ratio toggling, scaling based on the video's original size
* Full keyboard control
* Simple playlist with repeat mode and saving feature
* GNOME, Nautilus and GIO integration
* Screenshot of the current movie
* Brightness and Contrast control
* Visualisation plugin when playing audio-only files
* Video thumbnailer for nautilus
* Nautilus properties page
* Works on remote displays
* DVD, VCD and OGG/OGM subtitles with automatic language selection
* Extensible with plugins

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install totem

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install totem.

sudo apt -y install totem

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install totem

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix totem-video-thumbnailer command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.