How to Install and Uninstall guvcview Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "guvcview" package

Please follow the steps below to install guvcview on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall guvcview on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                guvcview
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the guvcview package on Kali Linux

Package: guvcview
Source: guvcview (2.0.8-2)
Version: 2.0.8-2+b1
Installed-Size: 555
Maintainer: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.21.4), libguvcview-2.1-2 (>= 2.0.8)
Recommends: uvcdynctrl
Size: 117876
SHA256: 04473f6696f6eb0afa450978001592a685fe8da6e016f26915619aa53ee5ed52
SHA1: 8daa8afd682a05f611c9a3927ceb5174840e7045
MD5sum: a04e76923d40eb9c9ee7f195615fb2e7
Description: GTK+ base UVC Viewer
guvcview is a simple GTK+ interface for capturing and viewing video from
devices supported by the Linux UVC driver.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://guvcview.sourceforge.net/
Tag: hardware::camera, interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program,
uitoolkit::gtk, uitoolkit::sdl, x11::application
Section: graphics
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/guvcview/guvcview_2.0.8-2+b1_amd64.deb