How to Install and Uninstall libcamera-v4l2 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libcamera-v4l2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libcamera-v4l2" package

This is a short guide on how to install libcamera-v4l2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libcamera-v4l2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libcamera-v4l2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcamera-v4l2 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libcamera-v4l2
Source: libcamera
Version: 0.0.3-6
Installed-Size: 160
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libcamera0 (<< 0.0.3-1~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcamera0.0.3 (>= 0.0.3), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 12)
Breaks: libcamera0 (<< 0.0.3-1~)
Description: complex camera support library (V4L2 module)
Description-md5: 589aec948becdf65f485779e3046c667
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://libcamera.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libc/libcamera/libcamera-v4l2_0.0.3-6_amd64.deb
Size: 44364
MD5sum: bd9891ff724c3c8124d640dbe79d1cc0
SHA256: 93df0444f525c7bbad5885fc886b1ca08993c758a32950e4dff275fda6979f8c