How to Install and Uninstall w3cam Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the w3cam on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "w3cam" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install w3cam on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "w3cam" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall w3cam 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 w3cam package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: w3cam
Version: 0.7.2-6.3
Installed-Size: 140
Maintainer: Martin Meredith
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1)
Description: a simple CGI to retrieve images from video4linux device
Description-md5: 69245ae954036a02f69947aa3afe7171
Homepage: http://mpx.freeshell.net/
Tag: hardware::camera, interface::web, role::program, scope::utility,
use::downloading, web::cgi, works-with::image, works-with::image:raster
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/w3cam/w3cam_0.7.2-6.3_amd64.deb
Size: 37852
MD5sum: ae9d79b02d1a362c71e5fccb4d897a6a
SHA256: 325817ce69aef3c0891a2415f4b45db30a52794b9857522fa7b0bb1c3c4d9603