How to Install motion software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install motion software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

motion software package provides V4L capture program supporting motion detection, 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 motion 

motion is installed in your system.

Make ensure the motion package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep motion *

You will get with motion package name, version, architecture and description in a table

motion package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Graphics
Package motion
Version 3.2.12-4
Description V4L capture program supporting motion detection
Sub Section Graphics


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