How to Install and Uninstall libv4l-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "libv4l-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to install libv4l-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libv4l-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libv4l-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libv4l-dev package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libv4l-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.20.0-4
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: v4l-utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gregor Jasny
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 428
Depends: libv4l-0 (= 1.20.0-4), libv4lconvert0 (= 1.20.0-4), libv4l2rds0 (= 1.20.0-4)
Suggests: pkg-config (>= 0.18)
Filename: pool/main/v/v4l-utils/libv4l-dev_1.20.0-4_amd64.deb
Size: 107568
MD5sum: c5d0ade77ac7930a8eb860f3ca1bb406
SHA1: eb3d44e5aac60700115908d739ca98e5501ff90d
SHA256: 4e6d45d0bda71e905c42ea24ad5aa8e9ea40b2e12f1b33cee29fc9a96249b5b7
SHA512: 19d1e31d0df3c0f42197ea90377f8e16363f84b34fce8cf8b59c8bf739f5b1f04256eee8d52e0d02a31738ec99ef147dadc1e490a8782ef291371f33f16fdea6
Homepage: https://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-utils/
Description-en: Collection of video4linux support libraries (development files)
libv4l is a collection of libraries which adds a thin abstraction layer on
top of video4linux2 devices. The purpose of this (thin) layer is to make it
easy for application writers to support a wide variety of devices without
having to write separate code for different devices in the same class. libv4l
consists of 3 different libraries: libv4lconvert, libv4l1 and libv4l2.
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libv4lconvert offers functions to convert from any (known) pixelformat
to BGR24, RGB24, YUV420 and YVU420.
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libv4l1 offers the (deprecated) v4l1 API on top of v4l2 devices, independent
of the drivers for those devices supporting v4l1 compatibility (which many
v4l2 drivers do not).
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libv4l2 offers the v4l2 API on top of v4l2 devices, while adding for the
application transparent libv4lconvert conversion where necessary.
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This package contains the development files.
Description-md5: f55e727a780c8a0816ceba845026f592