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

Last updated: December 29,2024

You can also install and uninstall the motion 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 "motion" package

This guide let you learn how to install motion on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall motion 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 motion package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: motion
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.3.2-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/graphics
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ximin Luo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2176
Depends: libavcodec58 (>= 7:4.2), libavdevice58 (>= 7:4.0), libavformat58 (>= 7:4.2), libavutil56 (>= 7:4.0), libc6 (>= 2.32), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libmicrohttpd12 (>= 0.9.50), libmysqlclient21 (>= 8.0.11), libpq5, libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.6.0), libswscale5 (>= 7:4.0), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), adduser
Recommends: ffmpeg
Suggests: default-mysql-client, postgresql-client
Filename: pool/universe/m/motion/motion_4.3.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 463028
MD5sum: fadc831d0289f36e1749cd5c5c08b76e
SHA1: c02029fefa56fbe18772ceb78ac4de17fd6dac55
SHA256: d2097911980720e3879d9d6461dae192bffb65c038a2b89d6cd52e8b6341af01
SHA512: 41264b4eb6a77b9d7d27b8876062f67493423d58781a89f03043a6ab683c6ef7be9cd3b5c03c8ce8466ca8b2d96802b4a0b7ff56fdb3d2b37252dd34bf982a42
Homepage: https://github.com/Motion-Project/motion
Description: V4L capture program supporting motion detection
Description-md5: 2699ebee3b63a553c62f7f823c1643ca