How to Install and Uninstall v4l2loopback-dkms Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "v4l2loopback-dkms" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install v4l2loopback-dkms on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall v4l2loopback-dkms on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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-dkms package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: v4l2loopback-dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 0.12.7-2ubuntu4
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: 109
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
Suggests: v4l2loopback-utils
Filename: pool/universe/v/v4l2loopback/v4l2loopback-dkms_0.12.7-2ubuntu4_all.deb
Size: 30472
MD5sum: 2b91cf4fedb14c616d747f9ee17d49d9
SHA1: 5af8765b879c280d37f4c0c9a4b786190a246247
SHA256: 11091d0ac6c4137fa98b3c68dff3721748a0022466fba87353480d64a90bde53
SHA512: c6e961e0d68afc68a4840b2d84b2c7d51ea8f65029b6b8bd85a9947fbf77862501e2a532c032a32f72c61aaecaa3963445b1be1040ebae3a9bb94fbb4fd14abe
Homepage: https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback
Description: Source for the v4l2loopback driver (DKMS)
Description-md5: b822bc0a88412f52de27569a000ebb3c