How to Install and Uninstall libwebcam0-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libwebcam0-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libwebcam0-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libwebcam0-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libwebcam0-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libwebcam0-dev 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 libwebcam0-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libwebcam0-dev
Source: libwebcam
Version: 0.2.5-2
Installed-Size: 130
Maintainer: Boyuan Yang
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libwebcam0 (= 0.2.5-2)
Description: Webcam Library - Development files
Description-md5: 37724eb6d2468678c06abda7f8f51c9e
Homepage: https://sourceforge.net/projects/libwebcam/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libw/libwebcam/libwebcam0-dev_0.2.5-2_amd64.deb
Size: 33612
MD5sum: ef9a4b0d0cb563908fd27b6a4d4b1ffc
SHA256: c0eb9f53f3590d3fb843111a8363d44549771a368ccec9d9d82fb22f02ede496