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

Last updated: July 03,2024

1. Install "webcam" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install webcam on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

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


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

Package: webcam
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.107-1ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Source: xawtv
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 116
Depends: xawtv-plugins (= 3.107-1ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.33), libjpeg8 (>= 8c)
Recommends: ftp, ssh-client
Filename: pool/universe/x/xawtv/webcam_3.107-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 36128
MD5sum: f5b156fa642796844040efa8f968a440
SHA1: 96029c73d6d8b3f44e7320387f052aab597c70dc
SHA256: 7504efcec20ae5ebfd39878738ed6e5e3fe36b653f15b1d7ef727e3f7e2d90fb
SHA512: 1d85f628829548a7e4cb72949736bfdaddd88d94f0875c84cac70cc704de2f1abd020417f8e412ce5384858b697b09f407e7d2e4052975da79b8bcac92e0ccc1
Homepage: https://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Xawtv
Description-en: image grabber and uploader
XawTV is a set of software for watching and recording television channels and
webcams.
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This package provides an utility that captures images from a
video4linux device such as bttv, annotates them and uploads them to a
webserver in an endless loop using FTP or SSH.
Description-md5: f48e4f77bafcfb0db0f6a055b027341a