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

Last updated: November 26,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "webcamd" package

This guide let you learn how to install webcamd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: webcamd
Version: 0.7.6+repack0-2
Installed-Size: 41
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Depends: libimage-magick-perl, perl, xawtv, libnet-perl
Description: Capture images from video devices
Description-md5: 0f10a0fa6d6ad060e4dc315a755546db
Homepage: https://web.archive.org/web/20031216024525/http://webcamd.tuxfamily.org/index_en.html
Tag: hardware::camera, interface::daemon, network::server, protocol::ftp,
role::program
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/webcamd/webcamd_0.7.6+repack0-2_all.deb
Size: 12400
MD5sum: 5578d65b26a375fd1208c0f2c4ea1d29
SHA256: f527a6a89e62a64318667a08e1465742919b3ba517dafdefe41fbc07a1d3f6f5