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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "pipewire-v4l2" package

This tutorial shows how to install pipewire-v4l2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "pipewire-v4l2" package

Learn how to uninstall pipewire-v4l2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: pipewire-v4l2
Source: pipewire
Version: 0.3.65-3+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 113
Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libpipewire-0.3-modules (<< 0.3.54-1), pipewire-bin (<< 0.3.54-1)
Depends: pipewire (= 0.3.65-3+deb12u1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libpipewire-0.3-0 (= 0.3.65-3+deb12u1)
Breaks: libpipewire-0.3-modules (<< 0.3.54-1), pipewire-bin (<< 0.3.54-1)
Description: PipeWire V4L2 plugin
Description-md5: b111863b8529458aac5dadaf0aa29f54
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://pipewire.org/
Section: video
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pipewire/pipewire-v4l2_0.3.65-3+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 46496
MD5sum: 1a199cd91af7397a8d4f9042ca0220f2
SHA256: 558793361bbae0e879b63a045f2c5da8adb07f7ab06f2980c2422cb1092d2c2b