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

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "v4l2loopback-utils" package

This tutorial shows how to install v4l2loopback-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall v4l2loopback-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the v4l2loopback-utils package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: v4l2loopback-utils
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: 31
Depends: sudo, gstreamer1.0-tools, v4l-utils
Recommends: v4l2loopback-dkms | v4l2loopback-modules
Filename: pool/universe/v/v4l2loopback/v4l2loopback-utils_0.12.5-1ubuntu3_all.deb
Size: 13038
MD5sum: 923abf79c4063e029348b73bb8cf3e8f
SHA1: 554a260071011f9606046c514aef7bebcaf80bce
SHA256: e9815c8e4f20add44389485ba3bbe973f417604cf41a9dc6ee450a69c4b85ebe
SHA512: f2bdc959e8ee2a8ee820d439607e3b149bb6f47d6c096d18f6caaf81edfddb8b52c503e8a311e813097c56e145969caa574052e6e4ffacf4dbe0a82937a3519e
Homepage: https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback
Description-en: Commandline utilities for the for the v4l2-loopback module
This package contains applications to interact with v4l2-loopback devices
("virtual video devices").
Currently there is only a single command line utility:
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v4l2loopback-ctl: tool to set framerate, format and timeout image
Description-md5: d4012d46cca371eab589dfd7688dc585
Task: ubuntustudio-video