How To Install libcamera-v4l2 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamera-v4l2 on Debian 12.
What is libcamera-v4l2
libcamera-v4l2 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 contains the libcamera V4L2 module.
There are three methods to install libcamera-v4l2 on Debian 12. 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-v4l2 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-v4l2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcamera-v4l2
Install libcamera-v4l2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcamera-v4l2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcamera-v4l2
Install libcamera-v4l2 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libcamera-v4l2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcamera-v4l2
How To Uninstall libcamera-v4l2 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libcamera-v4l2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcamera-v4l2
Uninstall libcamera-v4l2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcamera-v4l2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcamera-v4l2
Remove libcamera-v4l2 Configurations and Data
To remove libcamera-v4l2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcamera-v4l2
Remove libcamera-v4l2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcamera-v4l2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcamera-v4l2
Dependencies
libcamera-v4l2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcamera-v4l2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
