How to Install and Uninstall w3cam Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "w3cam" package

Please follow the instructions below to install w3cam on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                w3cam
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "w3cam" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall w3cam on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                w3cam
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the w3cam package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: w3cam
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Installed-Size: 163
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Martin Meredith
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.7.2-6.2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4)
Filename: pool/universe/w/w3cam/w3cam_0.7.2-6.2_amd64.deb
Size: 44312
MD5sum: 4ccf11ac6f9feef0c43997100a5761b2
SHA1: 00ad5498ca829f6f69cc4d5d2f9f0e20c5d49017
SHA256: 7469e0f446bb12383965fe8a25e0bf5f21a8ba935f3e0f7db91ca267c88f6407
Description-en: a simple CGI to retrieve images from video4linux device
w3cam is a simple CGI to retrieve images from video4linux device.
In other words this program will only run on Linux machines
which support a video4linux-device.
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w3cam supports a plain mode and a gui mode. In the gui mode a html
with a form is supplied to change some parameters with the mouse
Description-md5: 69245ae954036a02f69947aa3afe7171
Homepage: http://mpx.freeshell.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu