How To Install fswebcam on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install fswebcam in Fedora 36. fswebcam is Tiny and flexible webcam program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fswebcam on Fedora 36.

What is `fswebcam`

A tiny and flexible webcam program for capturing images from a V4L1/V4L2 device, and overlaying a caption or image.

We can use yum or dnf to install fswebcam on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fswebcam.

Install fswebcam on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install fswebcam

Install fswebcam on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install fswebcam

How To Uninstall fswebcam on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove fswebcam

fswebcam Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/fswebcam
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/2b80005288f2e405d2e769b7fdf3de05e762e6
/usr/share/doc/fswebcam
/usr/share/doc/fswebcam/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/fswebcam/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/fswebcam/README
/usr/share/doc/fswebcam/example.conf
/usr/share/man/man1/fswebcam.1.gz

References

fswebcam website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fswebcam on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).