How To Install v4l-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install v4l-utils on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is v4l-utils
v4l-utils is:
v4l-utils contains the following video4linux command line utilities:
decode_tm6000: decodes tm6000 proprietary format streams rds-ctl: tool to receive and decode Radio Data System (RDS) streams v4l2-compliance: tool to test v4l2 API compliance of drivers v4l2-ctl, cx18-ctl, ivtv-ctl: tools to control v4l2 controls from the cmdline v4l2-dbg: tool to directly get and set registers of v4l2 devices v4l2-sysfs-path: sysfs helper tool
There are three methods to install v4l-utils on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install v4l-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install v4l-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install v4l-utils
Install v4l-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install v4l-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install v4l-utils
Install v4l-utils 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 v4l-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install v4l-utils
How To Uninstall v4l-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the v4l-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove v4l-utils
Uninstall v4l-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall v4l-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove v4l-utils
Remove v4l-utils Configurations and Data
To remove v4l-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge v4l-utils
Remove v4l-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove v4l-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge v4l-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install v4l-utils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
