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Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Linux UVC Installation

Linux UVC for my web cam

1. install subversion to download UVC source codes
$ sudo apt-get install subversion

2. download UVC sources
$ svn checkout svn://svn.berlios.de/linux-uvc/linux-uvc/trunk

3. before compile the sources
$ sudo apt-get build-essential
$ sudo apt-get kernel-headers

4. go to the Linux UVC directory
$ cd trunk

5. open the Make file in this directory
$ sudo make

6. open Makefile
$ vi Makefile
INSTALL_MOD_DIR := usb/media
to
INSTALL_MOD_DIR := kernel/ubuntu/media/usbvideo

7. make
$ make

8. install
$ sudo make install

Reference:
http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=Linux+UVC

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