How To Install libunicap-docs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunicap-docs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libunicap-docs
libunicap-docs is:
Unicap provides a uniform interface to video capture devices. It allows applications to use any supported video capture device via a single API.
Unicap offers a high level of hardware abstraction while maintaining maximum performance. Zero copy capture of video buffers is possible for devices supporting it allowing fast video capture with low CPU usage even on low-speed architectures.
This package contains documentation.
There are three methods to install libunicap-docs on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libunicap-docs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libunicap-docs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libunicap-docs
Install libunicap-docs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libunicap-docs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libunicap-docs
Install libunicap-docs 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 libunicap-docs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libunicap-docs
How To Uninstall libunicap-docs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libunicap-docs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libunicap-docs
Uninstall libunicap-docs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libunicap-docs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunicap-docs
Remove libunicap-docs Configurations and Data
To remove libunicap-docs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libunicap-docs
Remove libunicap-docs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libunicap-docs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunicap-docs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libunicap-docs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
