Complete Guide: Installing ivtv-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2025

1. Install "ivtv-utils" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ivtv-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ivtv-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ivtv-utils" package

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


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

Package: ivtv-utils
Priority: extra
Section: multiverse/x11
Installed-Size: 300
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian MythTV Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.1-2ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), perl, libconfig-inifiles-perl, libvideo-ivtv-perl, libvideo-capture-v4l-perl, v4l-utils
Recommends: perl-tk, devscripts, fakeroot, unzip
Filename: pool/multiverse/i/ivtv-utils/ivtv-utils_1.4.1-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 92028
MD5sum: 4c673124fcf76626895895ad0a73bf91
SHA1: 77251700ac996c90f334920d8af65b5ba868fce0
SHA256: 0f6f1b4c8077428c3193445de827e38b53b6acd1f35199613284930e9d658c88
Description-en: utilities for use with the ivtv kernel driver
The IVTV project develops a kernel driver for Linux and a driver for
X11 for hardware based on Conexant's CX23415/CX23416 codec chip such
as the Hauppauge PVR 150/250/350/500 models and other supported hardware.
Description-md5: b20f643fae1ea98421cfb465d610132b
Homepage: http://ivtvdriver.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu