How to Install and Uninstall v4l-utils Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "v4l-utils" package

This is a short guide on how to install v4l-utils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "v4l-utils" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall v4l-utils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the v4l-utils package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: v4l-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.20.0-1.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gregor Jasny
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2212
Depends: libv4l-0 (= 1.20.0-1.1), libv4l2rds0 (= 1.20.0-1.1), libc6 (>= 2.17), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libudev1 (>= 183)
Breaks: ivtv-utils (<< 1.4.1-2), media-ctl
Replaces: ivtv-utils (<< 1.4.1-2), media-ctl
Filename: pool/universe/v/v4l-utils/v4l-utils_1.20.0-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 604816
MD5sum: 3b7179b3ad681fd4ea2d27af19917652
SHA1: 658bf5d7e33efc5dc4338549f0a138754a3a3dec
SHA256: fc7c9174f3b3881274927ca6da5e5cc873bf6c30fed5bbafbe3311ad0a33cd86
SHA512: 1b0494a401a869c90e8ff9959b15be23fd78b1fc19ecd80fc484ddb288e9212c440d5bdcce8b52941b87b1ba8e7c8f16614e0c00a382b3118d83d8371ef1d9d1
Homepage: https://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-utils/
Description-en: Collection of command line video4linux utilities
v4l-utils contains the following video4linux command line utilities:
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decode_tm6000: decodes tm6000 proprietary format streams
rds-ctl: tool to receive and decode Radio Data System (RDS) streams
v4l2-compliance: tool to test v4l2 API compliance of drivers
v4l2-ctl, cx18-ctl, ivtv-ctl: tools to control v4l2 controls from the cmdline
v4l2-dbg: tool to directly get and set registers of v4l2 devices
v4l2-sysfs-path: sysfs helper tool
Description-md5: c4a8a3b92affa97c3ad675a648fb35d7