How to Install and Uninstall gphoto2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "gphoto2" package

This tutorial shows how to install gphoto2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall gphoto2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gphoto2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gphoto2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gphoto2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 943
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PhotoTools Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.5.9-3
Depends: libaa1 (>= 1.4p5), libc6 (>= 2.14), libexif12 (>= 0.6.21-1~), libgphoto2-6 (>= 2.5.9), libgphoto2-port12 (>= 2.5.9), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libreadline6 (>= 6.0)
Suggests: gthumb
Filename: pool/universe/g/gphoto2/gphoto2_2.5.9-3_amd64.deb
Size: 176920
MD5sum: 4c2522449cc17dd5fb095bc09a5697c4
SHA1: a531b79c52a237b1c3b5648b16e37ee7f426a03b
SHA256: 2e2c082f6077507344b99f5b46bf199e8c55e15484b9a20034ceb8b56f9b8114
Description-en: digital camera command-line client
The gphoto2 library can be used by applications to access various
digital camera models, via standard protocols such as USB Mass Storage
and PTP, or vendor-specific protocols.
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This package provides the gphoto2 command-line frontend.
Description-md5: 216c30e494ceb46dc674329015d18c2a
Homepage: http://www.gphoto.org/proj/gphoto2/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu