How To Install libwebcam on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebcam in Fedora 36. libwebcam is A library for user-space configuration of the uvcvideo driver

Introduction

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

What is libwebcam

Libwebcam provides a user-space library for interaction with the uvcvideo kernel driver. One could use this library to manipulate settings for one or many UVC-type webcams found attached on a single computer.

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

Install libwebcam 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 libwebcam using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwebcam

Install libwebcam 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 libwebcam using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwebcam

How To Uninstall libwebcam on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libwebcam

libwebcam Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/9d877f8a9c2b4004a59ef32cff629f9a12b14a
/usr/lib/libwebcam.so.0
/usr/lib/libwebcam.so.0.2.6
/usr/share/doc/libwebcam
/usr/share/doc/libwebcam/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/share/doc/libwebcam/README

References

Summary

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

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Introduction

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

What is libwebcam

Libwebcam provides a user-space library for interaction with the uvcvideo kernel driver. One could use this library to manipulate settings for one or many UVC-type webcams found attached on a single computer.

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

Install libwebcam 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 libwebcam using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libwebcam

Install libwebcam 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 libwebcam using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libwebcam

How To Uninstall libwebcam on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libwebcam

libwebcam Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/033a073cdcb701334117d12e37ef47c7186038
/usr/lib64/libwebcam.so.0
/usr/lib64/libwebcam.so.0.2.6
/usr/share/doc/libwebcam
/usr/share/doc/libwebcam/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/share/doc/libwebcam/README

References

Summary

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