How to Install and Uninstall libunicap2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libunicap2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libunicap2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libunicap2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libunicap2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libunicap2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libunicap2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 374
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: unicap
Version: 0.9.12-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libraw1394-11, libv4l-0 (>= 0.5.0)
Suggests: libunicap-docs
Filename: pool/universe/u/unicap/libunicap2_0.9.12-2_amd64.deb
Size: 114930
MD5sum: ac4d8fb0e83ea51e3628579c3e763497
SHA1: 97117362b731667dbb31f2085f29e02189ef942d
SHA256: 047db8989a337b00fef4aae7cf1140911467aecbb1ac8fe5131e49592b7ea02e
Description-en: unified interface to video capture devices - shared libraries
Unicap provides a uniform interface to video capture devices. It allows
applications to use any supported video capture device via a single
API.
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Unicap offers a high level of hardware abstraction while maintaining
maximum performance. Zero copy capture of video buffers is possible for
devices supporting it allowing fast video capture with low CPU usage
even on low-speed architectures.
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This package contains the shared libraries.
Description-md5: ddd4f7e30a6520061a0a2cb197f951b2
Homepage: http://unicap-imaging.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu