How To Install webcam on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install webcam on Debian 9.
What is webcam
webcam is:
This package provides an utility that captures images from a video4linux device such as bttv, annotates them and uploads them to a webserver in an endless loop using FTP or SSH.
There are three methods to install webcam on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install webcam Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install webcam using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install webcam
Install webcam Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install webcam using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install webcam
Install webcam 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 webcam using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install webcam
How To Uninstall webcam on Debian 9
To uninstall only the webcam package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove webcam
Uninstall webcam And Its Dependencies
To uninstall webcam and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove webcam
Remove webcam Configurations and Data
To remove webcam configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge webcam
Remove webcam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove webcam configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge webcam
Dependencies
webcam have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install webcam package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.