How To Install v4l2loopback-utils on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install v4l2loopback-utils on Ubuntu 20.04. v4l2loopback-utils is Commandline utilities for the for the v4l2-loopback module Commandline utilities for the for the v4l2-loopback module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install v4l2loopback-utils on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is v4l2loopback-utils

v4l2loopback-utils is:

This package contains applications to interact with v4l2-loopback devices (“virtual video devices”). Currently there is only a single command line utility:

v4l2loopback-ctl: tool to set framerate, format and timeout image

Package: v4l2loopback-utils Architecture: all Version: 0.12.3-1 Priority: extra Section: universe/graphics Source: v4l2loopback Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 30 Depends: sudo, gstreamer1.0-tools, v4l-utils Recommends: v4l2loopback-dkms | v4l2loopback-modules Filename: pool/universe/v/v4l2loopback/v4l2loopback-utils_0.12.3-1_all.deb Size: 12320 MD5sum: 4a7a0e38a489eece0f1367e133aa8d56 SHA1: 6ce34987087bd4e09096b6aa30ae0c29ca4a9d4b SHA256: c540e9b4219e3fb5962b5090d533dba8fbe73e34546feb9695e654f537e2f05c Homepage: https://github.com/umlaeute/v4l2loopback Description-en: Commandline utilities for the for the v4l2-loopback module This package contains applications to interact with v4l2-loopback devices (“virtual video devices”). Currently there is only a single command line utility:

v4l2loopback-ctl: tool to set framerate, format and timeout image

There are three methods to install v4l2loopback-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 v4l2loopback-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 v4l2loopback-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install v4l2loopback-utils

Install v4l2loopback-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install v4l2loopback-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install v4l2loopback-utils

Install v4l2loopback-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 v4l2loopback-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install v4l2loopback-utils

How To Uninstall v4l2loopback-utils on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the v4l2loopback-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove v4l2loopback-utils

Uninstall v4l2loopback-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall v4l2loopback-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove v4l2loopback-utils

Remove v4l2loopback-utils Configurations and Data

To remove v4l2loopback-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge v4l2loopback-utils

Remove v4l2loopback-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove v4l2loopback-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge v4l2loopback-utils

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install v4l2loopback-utils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.