How To Install ucview on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ucview on AlmaLinux 8.
What is ucview
UCView is a video image capture application using the unicap toolkit. It provides a simple way to parametrise the video device, can capture still images from the video stream or record the stream as mpeg file. By using unicap, it can access many different video capture devices like webcams, video grabber boards, IEEE-1394 (FireWire) cameras and others.
We can use yum or dnf to install ucview on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ucview.
Install ucview on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install ucview using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ucview
Install ucview on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install ucview using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ucview
How To Uninstall ucview on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the ucview package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ucview
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ucview on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
