How to Install and Uninstall v4l2loopback-dkms Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "v4l2loopback-dkms" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install v4l2loopback-dkms on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "v4l2loopback-dkms" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall v4l2loopback-dkms on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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3. Information about the v4l2loopback-dkms package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: v4l2loopback-dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 0.12.5-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/graphics
Source: v4l2loopback
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 105
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
Suggests: v4l2loopback-utils
Filename: pool/universe/v/v4l2loopback/v4l2loopback-dkms_0.12.5-1_all.deb
Size: 27440
MD5sum: 568971236d739fb1f89fe01502f7eb50
SHA1: 234a2fe0bba08c222dd9ca52469f77e09557e3a6
SHA256: e00cd761bbbe7054eeb636ff59eeb73251d19de60b312996b165aa17b0a9caa2
SHA512: 704aff398713127ed2fa611fc4e5d8eeb0c965776e72f6e5c713f3e9085015996e33475a4978e9bcc7d7147a2875aa7ec0815467c2626ab7db3a15d1f7570010
Homepage: https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback
Description-en: Source for the v4l2loopback driver (DKMS)
This module allows you to create "virtual video devices".
Normal (v4l2) applications will read these devices as if they were ordinary
video devices, but the video will not be read from e.g. a capture card but
instead it is generated by another application.
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This package provides the source code for the v4l2loopback kernel modules
to be built with dkms.
Description-md5: b822bc0a88412f52de27569a000ebb3c