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

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "v4l2loopback-utils" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install v4l2loopback-utils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall v4l2loopback-utils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: v4l2loopback-utils
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: 30
Depends: sudo, gstreamer1.0-tools, v4l-utils
Recommends: v4l2loopback-dkms | v4l2loopback-modules
Filename: pool/universe/v/v4l2loopback/v4l2loopback-utils_0.12.5-1_all.deb
Size: 12552
MD5sum: cd0c3e02f85001c5a7dd46778597450a
SHA1: ede5c28640c544205ea70466a6e740453e36a5fe
SHA256: 475191bff0bc9e34216923ba31397b4e9539e802171f61bc6b3d7633a6388d26
SHA512: 6266e1ea19014b8aac762fa02d026a04b37346e929e321a31542d27dbe861bf4f6f8131aad26cfec1876a6b11e075d20ef0bb3de6b429d5a509602729838dfa3
Homepage: https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback
Description-en: Commandline utilities for the for the v4l2-loopback module
This package contains applications to interact with v4l2-loopback devices
("virtual video devices").
Currently there is only a single command line utility:
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v4l2loopback-ctl: tool to set framerate, format and timeout image
Description-md5: d4012d46cca371eab589dfd7688dc585