Add HEIF support to Ubuntu Linux 18.04 (thumbnails / gimp) - preview and open HEIC files from iPhone directly in Ubuntu
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:
That's it! You don't even need to logout or restart, the new functionality is available immediately.
More details here and here.
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.