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

Last updated: March 15,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "v4l2loopback-source" package

Learn how to install v4l2loopback-source on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "v4l2loopback-source" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall v4l2loopback-source 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-source package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: v4l2loopback-source
Source: v4l2loopback
Version: 0.12.7-2
Installed-Size: 63
Maintainer: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)
Architecture: all
Depends: debhelper, make, bzip2
Recommends: module-assistant
Description: Source for the v4l2loopback driver
Description-md5: adc0325ef5dbc3719d4dd98a70714e98
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-source_0.12.7-2_all.deb
Size: 51860
MD5sum: e429ee9e5cc157648a36f02efcd5067a
SHA256: 147227cbb03f92bb88af3f56f15a3e6ca1a8eaddb2854aa574222a315b78f8de