How to Install and Uninstall v4l-utils Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "v4l-utils" package

Please follow the guidance below to install v4l-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                v4l-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "v4l-utils" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall v4l-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                v4l-utils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the v4l-utils package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: v4l-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.20.0-4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Gregor Jasny
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2044
Depends: libv4l-0 (= 1.20.0-4), libv4l2rds0 (= 1.20.0-4), libc6 (>= 2.33), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libudev1 (>= 183)
Breaks: ivtv-utils (<< 1.4.1-2), media-ctl
Replaces: ivtv-utils (<< 1.4.1-2), media-ctl
Filename: pool/universe/v/v4l-utils/v4l-utils_1.20.0-4_amd64.deb
Size: 593236
MD5sum: 636a0a94b4baf3837fe67ea576305860
SHA1: 1ff64978b613941617a6cd5ce8fd172f6b75f426
SHA256: bc4b7b62b645f8c7f4f2c9bdb4d9967559a719852050423608229df158a83b67
SHA512: 249c45a64331c74b2416e1b1e279fe47ac31cfbfa4eac0b5b2146a9e1251e69e9e0dfe05f8d669258c90a82daa85920d46ebc06222ffc76b08497d3e32c08661
Homepage: https://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-utils/
Description-en: Collection of command line video4linux utilities
v4l-utils contains the following video4linux command line utilities:
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decode_tm6000: decodes tm6000 proprietary format streams
rds-ctl: tool to receive and decode Radio Data System (RDS) streams
v4l2-compliance: tool to test v4l2 API compliance of drivers
v4l2-ctl, cx18-ctl, ivtv-ctl: tools to control v4l2 controls from the cmdline
v4l2-dbg: tool to directly get and set registers of v4l2 devices
v4l2-sysfs-path: sysfs helper tool
Description-md5: c4a8a3b92affa97c3ad675a648fb35d7
Task: ubuntustudio-video