How To Install w3cam on Debian 10

Learn how to install w3cam on Debian 10 with this tutorial. w3cam is a simple CGI to retrieve images from video4linux device

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install w3cam on Debian 10.

What is w3cam

w3cam is:

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.

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

There are three methods to install w3cam on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install w3cam Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install w3cam using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install w3cam

Install w3cam Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install w3cam using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install w3cam

Install w3cam 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 w3cam using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install w3cam

How To Uninstall w3cam on Debian 10

To uninstall only the w3cam package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove w3cam

Uninstall w3cam And Its Dependencies

To uninstall w3cam and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove w3cam

Remove w3cam Configurations and Data

To remove w3cam configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge w3cam

Remove w3cam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove w3cam configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge w3cam

Dependencies

w3cam have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install w3cam package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.