How to Install and Uninstall gphoto2 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the gphoto2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "gphoto2" package

This tutorial shows how to install gphoto2 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gphoto2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gphoto2" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gphoto2 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 gphoto2 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: gphoto2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.5.27-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PhotoTools Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 954
Depends: libaa1 (>= 1.4p5), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcdk5nc6 (>= 5.0.20180306), libexif12 (>= 0.6.21-1~), libgphoto2-6 (>= 2.5.10), libgphoto2-port12 (>= 2.5.10), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libncurses6 (>= 6), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libreadline8 (>= 6.0)
Suggests: gthumb
Filename: pool/universe/g/gphoto2/gphoto2_2.5.27-1_amd64.deb
Size: 178884
MD5sum: 0cf5d04d9cc4e064c776f7a838579180
SHA1: ae188ee72a84c46f6921902a3c068315459754ce
SHA256: 51eb5e0d21dba412083143a1db9eebd1bb0711e76706950338bdd993f2d98cb9
SHA512: 07d1e1a4832b011de13a0bc6a950091bf6c253b0fae883a7f6fb0126e0a08d707ee68e9a45aeced34bcebb7ea6a95707391b3ce7ef4027e870ea30289a7f5cd3
Homepage: https://github.com/gphoto/gphoto2
Description: digital camera command-line client
Description-md5: 216c30e494ceb46dc674329015d18c2a