How To Install metacam on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install metacam
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is metacam
metacam is:
EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) is a standard for storing interchange information in image files, especially those using JPEG compression. Most digital cameras, including mobile phones, now use the EXIF format.
The format is part of the DCF standard created by JEIDA to encourage the interoperability between imaging devices. In addition to the standard EXIF fields, MetaCam also supports vendor-specific extensions from Nikon, Olympus, Canon and Casio.
This program is useful in forensics investigations.
There are three methods to install metacam
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install metacam Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install metacam
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install metacam
Install metacam Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install metacam
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install metacam
Install metacam 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 metacam
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install metacam
How To Uninstall metacam on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the metacam
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove metacam
Uninstall metacam And Its Dependencies
To uninstall metacam
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove metacam
Remove metacam Configurations and Data
To remove metacam
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge metacam
Remove metacam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove metacam
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge metacam
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install metacam
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.