How to Install and Uninstall webcam Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: July 03,2024

1. Install "webcam" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install webcam on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Learn how to uninstall webcam on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                webcam
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the webcam package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: webcam
Source: xawtv
Version: 3.107-1
Installed-Size: 139
Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: xawtv-plugins (= 3.107-1), libc6 (>= 2.15), 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_amd64.deb
Size: 69192
MD5sum: 4f527aecf4447a9a9b6a6d902f33052c
SHA256: b9d9c195bf4bd04d4a809ca59de5edcdc107d50402cf114f7c43db883f9079c7