w3cam on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: January 24,2025

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

1. Install "w3cam" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install w3cam on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall w3cam on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "w3cam" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone w3cam's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/w3cam.git 
            
                        
                ~/w3cam
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/w3cam folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/w3cam
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the w3cam package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 475888
Name: w3cam
PackageBaseID: 128864
PackageBase: w3cam
Version: 0.7.2-11
Description: a small and fast CGI program to retrieve images from a video4linux device.
URL: http://mpx.freeshell.net/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: Barthalion
FirstSubmitted: 1515272806
LastModified: 1515272806
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/w3cam.tar.gz