How To Install libcamera-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamera-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libcamera-dev
libcamera-dev is:
libcamera is a complex camera support library which handles low-level control of the camera devices, providing a unified higher-level programming interface to the applications.
This package provides the necessary files needed for development
There are three methods to install libcamera-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcamera-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcamera-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcamera-dev
Install libcamera-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcamera-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcamera-dev
Install libcamera-dev 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 libcamera-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcamera-dev
How To Uninstall libcamera-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libcamera-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcamera-dev
Uninstall libcamera-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcamera-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcamera-dev
Remove libcamera-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libcamera-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcamera-dev
Remove libcamera-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcamera-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcamera-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamera-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.