How to Install libv4l-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libv4l-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libv4l-dev software package provides Collection of video4linux support libraries (development files), you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libv4l-dev 

libv4l-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libv4l-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libv4l-dev *

You will get with libv4l-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libv4l-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libv4l-dev
Version 1.0.1-1
Description Collection of video4linux support libraries (development files)
Sub Section libdevel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libv4l-dev software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?