How to Install and Uninstall gphoto2 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the gphoto2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gphoto2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install gphoto2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gphoto2" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gphoto2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gphoto2 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gphoto2
Version: 2.5.28-2
Installed-Size: 947
Maintainer: Debian PhotoTools Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libaa1 (>= 1.4p5), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcdk5nc6 (>= 5.0.20180306), libexif12 (>= 0.6.21-1~), libgphoto2-6 (>= 2.5.10), libgphoto2-port12 (>= 2.5.10), libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), libncurses6 (>= 6), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libreadline8 (>= 6.0)
Suggests: gthumb
Description: digital camera command-line client
Description-md5: 216c30e494ceb46dc674329015d18c2a
Homepage: https://github.com/gphoto/gphoto2
Tag: hardware::camera, hardware::usb, interface::shell, interface::text-mode,
role::program, scope::utility, uitoolkit::ncurses, works-with::image,
works-with::image:raster
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gphoto2/gphoto2_2.5.28-2_amd64.deb
Size: 184876
MD5sum: 1c41aaadfb55ab1f2b63715df46a73a3
SHA256: 3f57c13d1837431cc315bb4730dea7d7c4d1fe403af72a0d36fed289aaf14b8e