How To Install guvcview on Ubuntu 20.04

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install guvcview on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is guvcview

guvcview is:

guvcview is a simple GTK+ interface for capturing and viewing video from devices supported by the Linux UVC driver.

There are three methods to install guvcview 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 guvcview Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install guvcview using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install guvcview

Install guvcview Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install guvcview using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install guvcview

Install guvcview 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 guvcview using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install guvcview

How To Uninstall guvcview on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove guvcview

Uninstall guvcview And Its Dependencies

To uninstall guvcview and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove guvcview

Remove guvcview Configurations and Data

To remove guvcview configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge guvcview

Remove guvcview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove guvcview configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guvcview

References

• guvcview website
• guvcview on packages.ubuntu.com

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install guvcview package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.