How To Install uvcdynctrl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uvcdynctrl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is uvcdynctrl
uvcdynctrl is:
This package provides the tools needed 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 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uvcdynctrl
Install uvcdynctrl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uvcdynctrl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uvcdynctrl
Install uvcdynctrl 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uvcdynctrl
How To Uninstall uvcdynctrl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the uvcdynctrl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uvcdynctrl
Uninstall uvcdynctrl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uvcdynctrl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uvcdynctrl
Remove uvcdynctrl Configurations and Data
To remove uvcdynctrl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uvcdynctrl
Remove uvcdynctrl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uvcdynctrl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uvcdynctrl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uvcdynctrl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
