How to Install and Uninstall libgphoto2-dev Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libgphoto2-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to install libgphoto2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libgphoto2-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libgphoto2-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgphoto2-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libgphoto2-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.5.16-2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libgphoto2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PhotoTools Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4277
Depends: libexif-dev, libgphoto2-6 (= 2.5.16-2), pkg-config
Breaks: libgphoto2-2-dev (<< 2.5.2-1~)
Replaces: libgphoto2-2-dev (<< 2.5.2-1~)
Filename: pool/main/libg/libgphoto2/libgphoto2-dev_2.5.16-2_amd64.deb
Size: 812352
MD5sum: 5e7f4e5bde0e148e5f2de08550a48c0a
SHA1: b7f8a2c624e74c938b9589a61e87ddc4be058c18
SHA256: 3cf2000294536b8b58514b4a7beb5e1e0505c259c2171135dde04ab39d7ec5b2
Homepage: https://github.com/gphoto/libgphoto2/
Description: gphoto2 digital camera library (development files)
Description-md5: 09f6d0ae3f118a398b90fb84845618e0
Supported: 5y