How to Install and Uninstall v4l2loopback-dkms Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "v4l2loopback-dkms" package

Please follow the steps below to install v4l2loopback-dkms on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "v4l2loopback-dkms" package

Learn how to uninstall v4l2loopback-dkms 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 v4l2loopback-dkms package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: v4l2loopback-dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 0.9.1-4ubuntu0.1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/graphics
Source: v4l2loopback
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 105
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
Suggests: v4l2loopback-utils
Filename: pool/universe/v/v4l2loopback/v4l2loopback-dkms_0.9.1-4ubuntu0.1_all.deb
Size: 22540
MD5sum: 5e2f934acf05ffeade6405abc265320f
SHA1: ea34564a6f361add089b9bd0e43683f26ff23495
SHA256: 21c49a47c5ed25e989adc38af64663e7b88f08fc97bcb7ae2e1d6b6c9df378ab
SHA512: eeca46ac5d658f0d937e723e2214526e6468d135017883b930b4441ba280d0d7f9291ecf973c38bb2be283a17f577b46a9c2c1a341bf0bbc83d32fbee80c7a8c
Homepage: https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback
Description-en: Source for the v4l2loopback driver (DKMS)
This module allows you to create "virtual video devices".
Normal (v4l2) applications will read these devices as if they were ordinary
video devices, but the video will not be read from e.g. a capture card but
instead it is generated by another application.
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This package provides the source code for the v4l2loopback kernel modules
to be built with dkms.
Description-md5: b822bc0a88412f52de27569a000ebb3c

Package: v4l2loopback-dkms
Priority: extra
Section: universe/graphics
Installed-Size: 105
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)
Architecture: all
Source: v4l2loopback
Version: 0.9.1-4
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
Suggests: v4l2loopback-utils
Filename: pool/universe/v/v4l2loopback/v4l2loopback-dkms_0.9.1-4_all.deb
Size: 22398
MD5sum: 68977342124f2bd753f795f425da13b4
SHA1: 75c87c4d78d6059ff991b4bf7b81fdf431c8b948
SHA256: 14d86c0e942bd153a2da8d3a82487d316786af415275d042cde96b24211588b1
Description-en: Source for the v4l2loopback driver (DKMS)
This module allows you to create "virtual video devices".
Normal (v4l2) applications will read these devices as if they were ordinary
video devices, but the video will not be read from e.g. a capture card but
instead it is generated by another application.
.
This package provides the source code for the v4l2loopback kernel modules
to be built with dkms.
Description-md5: b822bc0a88412f52de27569a000ebb3c
Homepage: https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu