How To Install uvcdynctrl-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uvcdynctrl-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is uvcdynctrl-dbg
uvcdynctrl-dbg is:
This package contains debug data for uvcdynctrl
Most people will not need this package. Please install it to produce useful stacktraces to help debugging the webcam library.
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-dbg 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 uvcdynctrl-dbg 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-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uvcdynctrl-dbg
Install uvcdynctrl-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uvcdynctrl-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uvcdynctrl-dbg
Install uvcdynctrl-dbg 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 uvcdynctrl-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uvcdynctrl-dbg
How To Uninstall uvcdynctrl-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the uvcdynctrl-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uvcdynctrl-dbg
Uninstall uvcdynctrl-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uvcdynctrl-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uvcdynctrl-dbg
Remove uvcdynctrl-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove uvcdynctrl-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uvcdynctrl-dbg
Remove uvcdynctrl-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uvcdynctrl-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uvcdynctrl-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uvcdynctrl-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
