How To Install webcamoid-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install webcamoid-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is webcamoid-data
webcamoid-data is:
webcamoid allows one to capture, save and view a video stream. It also can do a lot of funny things.
Features:
- Take pictures and record videos with the webcam.
- Manages multiple webcams.
- GUI interface.
- Custom controls for each webcam.
- Add funny effects to the webcam.
- +60 effects available.
- Effects with live previews.
- Translated to many languages.
- Use custom network and local files as capture devices.
- Capture from desktop.
- Many recording formats.
- Virtual webcam support for feeding other programs.
This package contains the icons/locale files for webcamoid.
There are three methods to install webcamoid-data 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 webcamoid-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 webcamoid-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install webcamoid-data
Install webcamoid-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install webcamoid-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install webcamoid-data
Install webcamoid-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install webcamoid-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install webcamoid-data
How To Uninstall webcamoid-data on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the webcamoid-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove webcamoid-data
Uninstall webcamoid-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall webcamoid-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove webcamoid-data
Remove webcamoid-data Configurations and Data
To remove webcamoid-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge webcamoid-data
Remove webcamoid-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove webcamoid-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge webcamoid-data
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install webcamoid-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
