How To Install libcamera-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamera-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. libcamera-doc is complex camera support library (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamera-doc on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libcamera-doc

libcamera-doc is:

libcamera is a complex camera support library which handles low-level control of the camera devices, providing a unified higher-level programming interface to the applications.

This package contains the documentation developing with libcamera.

There are three methods to install libcamera-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcamera-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcamera-doc

Install libcamera-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcamera-doc

Install libcamera-doc 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libcamera-doc

How To Uninstall libcamera-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libcamera-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcamera-doc

Uninstall libcamera-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcamera-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcamera-doc

Remove libcamera-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libcamera-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcamera-doc

Remove libcamera-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcamera-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamera-doc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.