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

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "v4l2loopback-source" package

This tutorial shows how to install v4l2loopback-source on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install v4l2loopback-source

2. Uninstall "v4l2loopback-source" package

Learn how to uninstall v4l2loopback-source on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):

$ sudo apt remove v4l2loopback-source $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

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

Package: v4l2loopback-source
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: 53
Depends: debhelper, make, bzip2
Recommends: module-assistant
Filename: pool/universe/v/v4l2loopback/v4l2loopback-source_0.12.5-1_all.deb
Size: 41848
MD5sum: 0cfb14a93ebf8e4748f6e9c2b2e6f23b
SHA1: 301f8ec3e3ebbdd7f2cd4938ec269bb54fcc081f
SHA256: aa17bf5cf0872280ab12949fc9d655e545cd6c9c309e6089f77763303faf69ca
SHA512: af64756e34fcfae1c59cb7828fcb024d2b9131ad9776739e78c1d58653b24a323adfd6f154e6946d23858dd3c7b6e0ea1b7cf92cb6563169311697afc4413ed0
Homepage: https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback
Description-en: Source for the v4l2loopback driver
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.
Description-md5: adc0325ef5dbc3719d4dd98a70714e98