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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "webcam" package

This is a short guide on how to install webcam on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "webcam" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall webcam 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 webcam package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: webcam
Source: xawtv
Version: 3.107-1.1
Installed-Size: 139
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: xawtv-plugins (= 3.107-1.1), libc6 (>= 2.33), libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1)
Recommends: ftp, ssh-client
Description: image grabber and uploader
Description-md5: f48e4f77bafcfb0db0f6a055b027341a
Homepage: https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Xawtv
Tag: hardware::camera, protocol::ftp, protocol::ssh, role::program,
scope::utility, use::downloading, works-with::image,
works-with::image:raster
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xawtv/webcam_3.107-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 69196
MD5sum: 4f9406353bcf0deaca04de08a1289537
SHA256: fadddc545c5c936de02aecd02a6ad4c8af3be320756f5004413a26a7d1fb78a6