How To Install gem-plugin-dv4l on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gem-plugin-dv4l
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gem-plugin-dv4l
gem-plugin-dv4l is:
Gem is a loadable library for Pure Data (Pd), which adds OpenGL graphics rendering and animation to Pd. Pd is a graphical programming language and computer music system.
This package provides video capturing using libdv, allowing you to capture from your consumer-grade (“firewire”) DV-camcorder.
There are three methods to install gem-plugin-dv4l
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gem-plugin-dv4l Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-dv4l
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gem-plugin-dv4l
Install gem-plugin-dv4l Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-dv4l
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gem-plugin-dv4l
Install gem-plugin-dv4l Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-dv4l
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gem-plugin-dv4l
How To Uninstall gem-plugin-dv4l on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gem-plugin-dv4l
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gem-plugin-dv4l
Uninstall gem-plugin-dv4l And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gem-plugin-dv4l
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gem-plugin-dv4l
Remove gem-plugin-dv4l Configurations and Data
To remove gem-plugin-dv4l
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gem-plugin-dv4l
Remove gem-plugin-dv4l configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gem-plugin-dv4l
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gem-plugin-dv4l
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gem-plugin-dv4l
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.