How To Install eviacam on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install eviacam on Debian 9. eviacam is camera based mouse emulator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install eviacam on Debian 9.

What is eviacam

eviacam is:

Enable Viacam (aka eViacam) is a mouse replacement program that moves the pointer tracking the user’s head movements. It works on a standard computer equipped with a “webcam”. No additional hardware is required. Based on the award winning Facial Mouse.

There are three methods to install eviacam on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install eviacam Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install eviacam using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install eviacam

Install eviacam Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install eviacam using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install eviacam

Install eviacam Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install eviacam using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install eviacam

How To Uninstall eviacam on Debian 9

To uninstall only the eviacam package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove eviacam

Uninstall eviacam And Its Dependencies

To uninstall eviacam and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove eviacam

Remove eviacam Configurations and Data

To remove eviacam configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge eviacam

Remove eviacam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove eviacam configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eviacam

Dependencies

eviacam have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install eviacam package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.