How To Install webcamoid-plugins on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install webcamoid-plugins on Debian 10.
What is webcamoid-plugins
webcamoid-plugins 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 plugins for webcamoid.
There are three methods to install webcamoid-plugins on Debian 10. 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-plugins 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-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install webcamoid-plugins
Install webcamoid-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install webcamoid-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install webcamoid-plugins
Install webcamoid-plugins 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 webcamoid-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install webcamoid-plugins
How To Uninstall webcamoid-plugins on Debian 10
To uninstall only the webcamoid-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove webcamoid-plugins
Uninstall webcamoid-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall webcamoid-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove webcamoid-plugins
Remove webcamoid-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove webcamoid-plugins configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge webcamoid-plugins
Remove webcamoid-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove webcamoid-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge webcamoid-plugins
Dependencies
webcamoid-plugins have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install webcamoid-plugins package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.