How to Install and Uninstall motion Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "motion" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install motion on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall motion on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                motion
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the motion package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: motion
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.2.2-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/graphics
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ximin Luo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 939
Depends: libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.2), libavdevice58 (>= 7:4.0), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.2), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.0), libc6 (>= 2.15), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libmicrohttpd12 (>= 0.9.50), libmysqlclient21 (>= 8.0.11), libpq5, libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.6.0), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.0), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), adduser
Recommends: ffmpeg
Suggests: default-mysql-client, postgresql-client
Filename: pool/universe/m/motion/motion_4.2.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 287516
MD5sum: 66401dd38753c4116a943e4d9576c5f5
SHA1: a3757bb40899d5cac40f2438c09fcf463047ea32
SHA256: e64665d4cdbab81ddf6854e4116911b97c1c89ef3e64d75c784e63b861ac648e
Homepage: https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion
Description: V4L capture program supporting motion detection
Description-md5: 2699ebee3b63a553c62f7f823c1643ca