How to Install and Uninstall v4l2loopback-dkms Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 19,2024

You can also install and uninstall the v4l2loopback-dkms on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "v4l2loopback-dkms" package

This guide let you learn how to install v4l2loopback-dkms on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "v4l2loopback-dkms" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall v4l2loopback-dkms 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 v4l2loopback-dkms package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: v4l2loopback-dkms
Source: v4l2loopback
Version: 0.12.7-2
Installed-Size: 115
Maintainer: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)
Architecture: all
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
Suggests: v4l2loopback-utils
Description: Source for the v4l2loopback driver (DKMS)
Description-md5: b822bc0a88412f52de27569a000ebb3c
Homepage: https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback
Tag: admin::kernel, devel::lang:c, devel::library, hardware::video,
implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib, role::program, role::source,
works-with::video
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/v4l2loopback/v4l2loopback-dkms_0.12.7-2_all.deb
Size: 37240
MD5sum: 7b6fe37b2ad9e95c63bd8ff35de307c5
SHA256: 7f2bdae29e28efab6e6f1f8b187266fa3c740d3becab11e1d686b45bfcb22aa9