How to Install and Uninstall libunicap2 Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "libunicap2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libunicap2 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libunicap2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libunicap2" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libunicap2 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libunicap2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libunicap2 package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libunicap2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.12+repack20150328.0.git2c600ae-3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Source: unicap
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 353
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libraw1394-11 (>= 2.1.2), libv4l-0 (>= 0.5.0)
Filename: pool/universe/u/unicap/libunicap2_0.9.12+repack20150328.0.git2c600ae-3_amd64.deb
Size: 77832
MD5sum: 52c1cca537029d9d6f6df5c4cf4bb989
SHA1: 80f7bea6bdaa93ccb706ea4b69439ed9da3277f5
SHA256: d3b3c622a1eb6a518e2881dcc0e987d1fffedfc3d054bcef5a7f97fabb5f62f6
SHA512: 42312b8c72d7da2c0e7d7418c824123398b59430d1f64b189ce89452017f35ce821ccc477b5004cc9d22c414f66bb6d72bd5c47cf60a8aa8366adaa3b076781f
Homepage: http://unicap-imaging.org/
Description-en: unified interface to video capture devices - shared libraries
Unicap provides a uniform interface to video capture devices. It allows
applications to use any supported video capture device via a single
API.
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Unicap offers a high level of hardware abstraction while maintaining
maximum performance. Zero copy capture of video buffers is possible for
devices supporting it allowing fast video capture with low CPU usage
even on low-speed architectures.
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This package contains the shared libraries.
Description-md5: ddd4f7e30a6520061a0a2cb197f951b2