How To Install qv4l2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install qv4l2.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. qv4l2.x86_64 is QT v4l2 test control and streaming test application

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qv4l2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `qv4l2.x86_64`

QT v4l2 test control and streaming test application.

We can use yum to install qv4l2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qv4l2.x86_64.

Install qv4l2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install qv4l2.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qv4l2.x86_64

How To Uninstall qv4l2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the qv4l2.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove qv4l2.x86_64

qv4l2.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/qv4l2
/usr/share/applications/qv4l2.desktop
/usr/share/doc/qv4l2-0.9.5
/usr/share/doc/qv4l2-0.9.5/README
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/qv4l2.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/qv4l2.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/qv4l2.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/qv4l2.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/qv4l2.svg

References

qv4l2.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qv4l2.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.