libheif1 >= 1.18 on debian 12 bookworm (installing packages from backport in debian stable)

nospam@example.com (crox) — Fri, 02 May 2025 18:08:00 +0000

Add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main

Run:

# apt-get update
# apt install -t bookworm-backports libheif1

This solves the issues encountered when decoding HEIF (.heic) files produced by iPhone / iOS 18, causing for instance rendering in Nextcloud to fail.

This page has more details on using Backports.

Add HEIF support to Ubuntu Linux 18.04 (thumbnails / gimp) - preview and open HEIC files from iPhone directly in Ubuntu

nospam@example.com (crox) — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 22:10:00 +0000

Since Apple moved from JPEG to HEIF as default format about two years ago, there has been a lot of progress.

There is a very straightforward way to add minimal HEIC/HEIF support to Ubuntu:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:strukturag/libheif
sudo apt-get install heif-gdk-pixbuf heif-gimp-plugin heif-thumbnailer

That's it! You don't even need to logout or restart, the new functionality is available immediately.

More details here and here.

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libheif1 >= 1.18 on debian 12 bookworm (installing packages from backport in debian stable)

Add HEIF support to Ubuntu Linux 18.04 (thumbnails / gimp) - preview and open HEIC files from iPhone directly in Ubuntu