How To Install libcamera on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamera in Fedora 36. libcamera is A library to support complex camera ISPs

Introduction

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

What is libcamera

libcamera is a library that deals with heavy hardware image processing operations of complex camera devices that are shared between the linux host all while allowing offload of certain aspects to the control of complex camera hardware such as ISPs. Hardware support includes USB UVC cameras, libv4l cameras as well as more complex ISPs (Image Signal Processor).

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

Install libcamera 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 libcamera using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcamera

Install libcamera 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 libcamera using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcamera

How To Uninstall libcamera on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libcamera

libcamera Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/a62a406518ced7344a7c85ceaee3ae5cf6a563
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/1881ebcb39765d9b9487b403002886b1227fb4
/usr/lib/libcamera-base.so.0
/usr/lib/libcamera-base.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib/libcamera.so.0
/usr/lib/libcamera.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libcamera
/usr/share/licenses/libcamera/COPYING.rst
/usr/share/licenses/libcamera/LGPL-2.1-or-later.txt

References

Summary

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


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Introduction

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

What is libcamera

libcamera is a library that deals with heavy hardware image processing operations of complex camera devices that are shared between the linux host all while allowing offload of certain aspects to the control of complex camera hardware such as ISPs. Hardware support includes USB UVC cameras, libv4l cameras as well as more complex ISPs (Image Signal Processor).

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

Install libcamera 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 libcamera using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libcamera

Install libcamera 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 libcamera using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libcamera

How To Uninstall libcamera on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libcamera

libcamera Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/38f0d406ca8093bc8b4ee93e3986948d7df1d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/10cfd2e8e9db31747bebe857cd52092e8992fe
/usr/lib64/libcamera-base.so.0
/usr/lib64/libcamera-base.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/libcamera.so.0
/usr/lib64/libcamera.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/libcamera
/usr/share/licenses/libcamera/COPYING.rst
/usr/share/licenses/libcamera/LGPL-2.1-or-later.txt

References

Summary

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