gphoto2
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gPhoto is the name of a free, redistributable, ready to use set of digital camera software applications for Unix-like systems. The core functionality is provided by libgphoto2, which is a library for use in digital photography - it supports retrieving of images from camera devices, upload, and remote controlled configuration and capture, depending on whether the camera supports those features. libgphoto2 is the successor of gphoto with lots of new features and additional camera drivers.
Source code
If you have installed libgphoto2 into $HOME/.local and want to install gphoto2 to $HOME/.local as well, keep the PKG CONFIG PATH= and --prefix= arguments to configure . Otherwise adapt or remove them. The libgphoto2 library. The popt libraries (for commandline option handling), the system package may be called popt-devel or libpopt-dev or similar. The EXIF library. (libexif-devel, libexif-dev or similar) The JPEG library. (libjpeg-devel, libjpeg-dev, or jpeg-dev or similar) The CDK library (for ncurses based configuration UI). (cdk-devel or similar) The AALIB library (for ascii art rendering of previews). (aalib-devel or similar) The test suite checks the installation and basic functionality of the gphoto2 program and the 'Directory Browse' libgphoto2 camera driver.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Support
- Applications
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- External links
gPhoto is the name of a free, redistributable, ready to use set of digital camera software applications for Unix-like systems. The core functionality is provided by libgphoto2, which is a library for use in digital photography - it supports retrieving of images from camera devices, upload, and remote controlled configuration and capture, depending on whether the camera supports those features. libgphoto2 is the successor of gphoto with lots of new features and additional camera drivers.
libgphoto2 is the basis for image acquisition and camera interfacing on Linux, and is used by applications such as Darktable, DigiKam, Shotwell, Entangle, GIMP, gThumb, and others.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “gphoto2” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.