How To Install libvidcap on Fedora 34

libvidcap is Cross-platform video capture library Cross-platform video capture library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvidcap on Fedora 34.

What is libvidcap

A cross-platform library for capturing video from webcams and other video capture devices. libvidcap 0.2.1 25.fc34 x86_64 28 k libvidcap-0.2.1-25.fc34.src.rpm fedora Cross-platform video capture library http LGPLv2+ A cross-platform library for capturing video from webcams and other video capture devices.

We can use yum or dnf to install libvidcap on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvidcap.

Install libvidcap on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libvidcap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvidcap

Install libvidcap on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libvidcap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvidcap

How To Uninstall libvidcap on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libvidcap

libvidcap Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/27affcd412780ae70cb7cf90d30a527d4cd43a
/usr/lib/libvidcap.so.1
/usr/lib/libvidcap.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libvidcap
/usr/share/doc/libvidcap/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/d31029d8d6c9e327e137c11638d81b3ebe3e11
/usr/lib64/libvidcap.so.1
/usr/lib64/libvidcap.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libvidcap
/usr/share/doc/libvidcap/COPYING.LESSER

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvidcap on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.