How to Install and Uninstall webcam Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: July 03,2024

1. Install "webcam" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install webcam on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall webcam on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: webcam
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.107-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Source: xawtv
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 109
Depends: xawtv-plugins (= 3.107-2), libc6 (>= 2.38), libjpeg8 (>= 8c)
Recommends: ftp, ssh-client
Filename: pool/universe/x/xawtv/webcam_3.107-2_amd64.deb
Size: 38756
MD5sum: 2856f580e138241d323f049234774267
SHA1: 3d6bac7f0f409c24a02435b434e9df49d0fbde72
SHA256: 561f68600f89d17c89a5aa1c7f9d79491159384639c50b2a7320a3c61034d37a
SHA512: b139bde5ac80a7cb07263f2d2be86be1cedbe2a54418b9189737fa0bb8ebb2ae3752d745fca2ae485af49fb752a530bfe1c67b0922a95b8ab2373b7cb162f183
Homepage: https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Xawtv
Description: image grabber and uploader
Description-md5: f48e4f77bafcfb0db0f6a055b027341a