How To Install qv4l2 on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install qv4l2 in Fedora 36. qv4l2 is QT v4l2 test control and streaming test application

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qv4l2 on Fedora 36.

What is `qv4l2`

QT v4l2 test control and streaming test application.

We can use yum or dnf to install qv4l2 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qv4l2.

Install qv4l2 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 qv4l2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qv4l2

Install qv4l2 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 qv4l2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qv4l2

How To Uninstall qv4l2 on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the qv4l2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qv4l2

qv4l2 Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/qv4l2
/usr/bin/qvidcap
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/06612605a3af5d10cbd3d4b81378d3c5cda63e
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/4c44e637ae373089e77e1a648cac9bb76cf1b4
/usr/share/applications/qv4l2.desktop
/usr/share/applications/qvidcap.desktop
/usr/share/doc/qv4l2
/usr/share/doc/qv4l2/README
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/qv4l2.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/qvidcap.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/qv4l2.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/qvidcap.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/qv4l2.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/qvidcap.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/qv4l2.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps/qvidcap.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/qv4l2.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/qvidcap.svg
/usr/share/man/man1/qv4l2.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/qvidcap.1.gz

References

qv4l2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qv4l2 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).