How To Install hasciicam on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hasciicam on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is hasciicam
hasciicam is:
Hasciicam makes it possible to have live ASCII video on the web. It captures video from a tv card and renders it into ascii, formatting the output into an html page with a refresh tag or in a live ASCII window or in a simple text file as well, giving the possibility to anybody that has a bttv card, a Linux box and a cheap modem line to show a live ASCII video feed that can be browsable without any need for plugin, java etc.
There are three methods to install hasciicam 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 hasciicam Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hasciicam using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hasciicam
Install hasciicam Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hasciicam using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hasciicam
Install hasciicam 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 hasciicam using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hasciicam
How To Uninstall hasciicam on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the hasciicam package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hasciicam
Uninstall hasciicam And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hasciicam and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hasciicam
Remove hasciicam Configurations and Data
To remove hasciicam configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hasciicam
Remove hasciicam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hasciicam configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hasciicam
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hasciicam package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
