How To Install uvcdynctrl-data on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uvcdynctrl-data on Debian 12.
What is uvcdynctrl-data
uvcdynctrl-data is:
This package provides data files needed by uvcdynctrl to add vendor specific controls to uvc devices
uvcdynctrl is part of the Webcam Library.
The Webcam Library libwebcam is designed to simplify the development of webcam applications, primarily on Linux but with an option to be ported to other platforms, in particular Solaris. It realizes part of what the unwritten Video4Linux user space library was always supposed to be: an easy to use library that shields its users from many of the difficulties and problems of using the V4L2 API directly.
There are three methods to install uvcdynctrl-data 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 uvcdynctrl-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install uvcdynctrl-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uvcdynctrl-data
Install uvcdynctrl-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uvcdynctrl-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uvcdynctrl-data
Install uvcdynctrl-data 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 uvcdynctrl-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uvcdynctrl-data
How To Uninstall uvcdynctrl-data on Debian 12
To uninstall only the uvcdynctrl-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uvcdynctrl-data
Uninstall uvcdynctrl-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uvcdynctrl-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uvcdynctrl-data
Remove uvcdynctrl-data Configurations and Data
To remove uvcdynctrl-data configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uvcdynctrl-data
Remove uvcdynctrl-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uvcdynctrl-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uvcdynctrl-data
Dependencies
uvcdynctrl-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uvcdynctrl-data package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
