How To Install libvidcap on Fedora 34
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
- [libvidcap website](http://libvidcap.sourceforge.net/ http://libvidcap.sourceforge.net/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvidcap
on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.