How to Install and Uninstall isight-firmware-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "isight-firmware-tools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install isight-firmware-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "isight-firmware-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall isight-firmware-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 isight-firmware-tools package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: isight-firmware-tools
Priority: extra
Section: multiverse/graphics
Installed-Size: 161
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Mactel
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.14.0), libusb-0.1-4 (>= 2:0.1.12), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, udev
Filename: pool/multiverse/i/isight-firmware-tools/isight-firmware-tools_1.6-2_amd64.deb
Size: 33552
MD5sum: 280d853cb1172046f13470a531690938
SHA1: 586e1d9b050602b2d6af3fe14e48f9cd922711f9
SHA256: 9ee8df902a7dd6f80fe0fc1bd85cf18e758b8f7c402d36d15fc91d17089769fa
Description-en: tools for dealing with Apple iSight firmware
Apple Built-in iSight requires firmware that can be extracted from
the Mac OS X USBVideo driver. This package provides tools for extracting
the firmware from the driver and installing udev rules and tools to
automatically load the firmware when needed.
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A convenient tool for converting firmware binaries to Intel HEX format
is also provided. This may be required later for use with a
generic firmware loader such as fxload.
Description-md5: 17c00d9904d218c9804739e81a19fe3e
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/isight-firmware-tools/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu