How To Install pinhole on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pinhole on Ubuntu.

What is `pinhole`

pinhole is:

Camera is a GNOME application for taking photos and videos with your camera. It is designed to work well on mobile Linux devices but it will run on any Linux computer with a connected camera.

There are three methods to install pinhole on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pinhole Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pinhole

Install pinhole Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pinhole using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pinhole

Install pinhole 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 pinhole using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pinhole

How To Uninstall pinhole on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the pinhole package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pinhole

Uninstall pinhole And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pinhole

Remove pinhole Configurations and Data

To remove pinhole configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pinhole

Remove pinhole configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pinhole

Dependencies

pinhole have the following dependencies:

References

pinhole website

Summary

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