How to Install and Uninstall v4l2loopback-source Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "v4l2loopback-source" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install v4l2loopback-source on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall v4l2loopback-source on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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3. Information about the v4l2loopback-source package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: v4l2loopback-source
Architecture: all
Version: 0.12.5-1ubuntu3
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: 55
Depends: debhelper, make, bzip2
Recommends: module-assistant
Filename: pool/universe/v/v4l2loopback/v4l2loopback-source_0.12.5-1ubuntu3_all.deb
Size: 43108
MD5sum: 7012d1328a373e3c9a9b2cc8971f7f65
SHA1: 559a722b9e22fc7732c7f0c867d1bdd15fb40999
SHA256: 39e72de483bab7d57861fde61d7d13d80b8f285efcbe971a8d94613d7991687d
SHA512: 3179905ada6283f004b4a7cfe281981a5ba9242f05a26c2100f8cb323d66ac286ef3e02b96b839288b5746f003bdd432cae3be6c6fee1ae5f912befff2265c5f
Homepage: https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback
Description-en: Source for the v4l2loopback driver
This module allows you to create "virtual video devices".
Normal (v4l2) applications will read these devices as if they were ordinary
video devices, but the video will not be read from e.g. a capture card but
instead it is generated by another application.
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This package provides the source code for the v4l2loopback kernel modules.
Description-md5: adc0325ef5dbc3719d4dd98a70714e98