How To Install libcheese8 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcheese8 on Debian 10.
What is libcheese8
libcheese8 is:
A webcam application that supports image and video capture. Makes it easy to take photos and videos of you, your friends, pets or whatever you want. Allows you to apply fancy visual effects, fine-control image settings and has features such as Multi-Burst mode, Countdown timer for photos.
This package contains the base shared library.
There are three methods to install libcheese8 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcheese8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcheese8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcheese8
Install libcheese8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcheese8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcheese8
Install libcheese8 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 libcheese8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcheese8
How To Uninstall libcheese8 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libcheese8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcheese8
Uninstall libcheese8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcheese8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcheese8
Remove libcheese8 Configurations and Data
To remove libcheese8 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcheese8
Remove libcheese8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcheese8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcheese8
Dependencies
libcheese8 have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libclutter-1.0-0
- libclutter-gst-3.0-0
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0
- libgstreamer1.0-0
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
- cheese-common
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-base
- gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
- gstreamer1.0-x
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcheese8 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
