How To Install webcamoid-plugins 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 webcamoid-plugins on Ubuntu.

What is `webcamoid-plugins`

webcamoid-plugins is:

webcamoid allows one to capture, save and view a video stream. It also can do a lot of funny things.

Features:

Take pictures and record videos with the webcam.
Manages multiple webcams.
GUI interface.
Custom controls for each webcam.
Add funny effects to the webcam.
+60 effects available.
Effects with live previews.
Translated to many languages.
Use custom network and local files as capture devices.
Capture from desktop.
Many recording formats.
Virtual webcam support for feeding other programs.

This package contains the plugins for webcamoid.

There are three methods to install webcamoid-plugins 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 webcamoid-plugins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install webcamoid-plugins

Install webcamoid-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install webcamoid-plugins

Install webcamoid-plugins 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 webcamoid-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install webcamoid-plugins

How To Uninstall webcamoid-plugins on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the webcamoid-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove webcamoid-plugins

Uninstall webcamoid-plugins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove webcamoid-plugins

Remove webcamoid-plugins Configurations and Data

To remove webcamoid-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge webcamoid-plugins

Remove webcamoid-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge webcamoid-plugins

Dependencies

webcamoid-plugins have the following dependencies:

References

webcamoid-plugins website

Summary

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