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

Last updated: June 04,2024

1. Install "webcamd" package

Please follow the guidance below to install webcamd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall webcamd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: webcamd
Architecture: all
Version: 0.7.6+repack0-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 41
Depends: libimage-magick-perl, perl, xawtv, libnet-perl
Filename: pool/universe/w/webcamd/webcamd_0.7.6+repack0-2_all.deb
Size: 12380
MD5sum: 153bb3eb9444763aed3aa1ff83394fe2
SHA1: a96d70654043ff8ce0b92513c31f8648a6b1cf86
SHA256: a4052e1761d65a883b23e9e5969cdc22de2e49b5e5b0a102a7e1159e3b4a3f62
SHA512: d4fbf8623fd402d142332f16c8c77c5f69fd26fa9f1e3d3962d8f060c22e2ac5c1bd30dda36bdfd9e7c41f359927f7f08f78e0414152cbb960edae469d2c11fa
Homepage: https://web.archive.org/web/20031216024525/http://webcamd.tuxfamily.org/index_en.html
Description-en: Capture images from video devices
webcamd take images from your webcam and put it in your local web directory
or upload it by FTP.
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What it does:
- Take pics every X seconds.
- Add date & hour on pictures, with or without a border.
- Make HTML page for it.
- Stop camera, putting an offline webpage.
- To take pics when you want if the daemon is running.
- Upload pics by ftp on a remote server or create local file if a local web
server is running.
- Customise HTML templates easily.
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You can configure the program easily with a small and simple configuration
file.
Description-md5: 0f10a0fa6d6ad060e4dc315a755546db