How to Install and Uninstall w3cam Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "w3cam" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install w3cam on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                w3cam
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "w3cam" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall w3cam on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                w3cam
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the w3cam package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: w3cam
Source: w3cam (0.7.2-6.2)
Version: 0.7.2-6.2+b3
Installed-Size: 129
Maintainer: Martin Meredith
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Description: a simple CGI to retrieve images from video4linux device
Description-md5: 69245ae954036a02f69947aa3afe7171
Homepage: http://mpx.freeshell.net/
Tag: hardware::camera, interface::web, role::program, scope::utility,
use::downloading, web::cgi, works-with::image, works-with::image:raster
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/w3cam/w3cam_0.7.2-6.2+b3_amd64.deb
Size: 38186
MD5sum: 7c550c5b8ea733108d08c4212fac523d
SHA256: eb747e71c7578efe9636b3e489638c1bebf87245f382848fde1c7e9fc4543053