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

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "uvccapture" package

Please follow the steps below to install uvccapture on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall uvccapture on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: uvccapture
Priority: optional
Section: universe/graphics
Installed-Size: 65
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libjpeg8 (>= 8c)
Filename: pool/universe/u/uvccapture/uvccapture_0.5-3_amd64.deb
Size: 14724
MD5sum: 5294c389131b56ae7637785c54d04861
SHA1: 09e8740d7ebe71a63846713cfd3f51772644fa64
SHA256: ebfca1aa115347b4687067bdb6cd50cb6d09c13d0847c72d29b900dfaa3ba652
Description-en: USB UVC Video Class snapshot software
The purpose of this software is to capture an image from a USB webcam at a
specified interval, and save it to a JPEG file, no other formats are supported.
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Right now this software is really a hack, since still image support is not yet
available in the UVC driver. The program continually polls the UVC driver in
MJPEG mode, and at a specified interval writes a JPEG header and a single frame
to file, creating a JPEG image.
Description-md5: 5ce732363508c4becc6126cd1480d39d
Homepage: http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu