How to Install and Uninstall webcam Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "webcam" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install webcam on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall webcam on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                webcam
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the webcam package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: webcam
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.107-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Source: xawtv
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 116
Depends: xawtv-plugins (= 3.107-1), libc6 (>= 2.15), libjpeg8 (>= 8c)
Recommends: ftp, ssh-client
Filename: pool/universe/x/xawtv/webcam_3.107-1_amd64.deb
Size: 36452
MD5sum: 842fd959ac21cdaf82a358fc74f8e457
SHA1: c6122f84c2679586c5860fb691e87ca1591aebae
SHA256: 887605d12fca2ea6ba2105d5f0f19d1c440165eb83d50cfcb141bf76089d4fe9
SHA512: 4ea8d6fcca1eb446fb004be87e7da848e84c5e6f2654859fda6a87ba49d2ee948fa38992243fcb7ab5850c368088229f573e02c357b785be10927e999ea55701
Homepage: https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Xawtv
Description-en: image grabber and uploader
XawTV is a set of software for watching and recording television channels and
webcams.
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This package provides an utility that captures images from a
video4linux device such as bttv, annotates them and uploads them to a
webserver in an endless loop using FTP or SSH.
Description-md5: f48e4f77bafcfb0db0f6a055b027341a