Package Details: libwebcam-git 0.2.5.r2.g0233106-2

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/libwebcam-git.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: libwebcam-git
Description: A library that is designed to simplify the development of webcam applications
Upstream URL: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libwebcam/
Licenses: GPL3
Submitter: zootboy
Maintainer: blinx
Last Packager: blinx
Votes: 7
Popularity: 0.005589
First Submitted: 2016-04-27 18:08 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-04-23 08:42 (UTC)

Latest Comments

blinx commented on 2026-04-23 08:45 (UTC)

@gyscos, you're right, CMake 4.x removed compatibility with cmake_minimum_required below 3.5, which broke this package along with many others in the AUR. I've just pushed a fix in 0.2.5.r2.g0233106-2: the fix_path.patch now also bumps cmake_minimum_required from 2.6 to 3.5 in all three CMakeLists.txt files. Verified to build cleanly on CMake 4.3.2. Upstream hasn't moved since 2016, but the library still works and I use uvcdynctrl regularly, so I'd rather keep it alive than orphan/remove it. Please let me know if it builds on your end.

gyscos commented on 2026-04-23 00:21 (UTC)

Not very surprising for a package that hasn't been updated for 10 years, but it doesn't currently build with the current version of cmake. If this package is entirely unmaintained and does not build, I suppose we could remove it entirely?

amezin commented on 2018-04-14 02:55 (UTC) (edited on 2018-04-14 02:55 (UTC) by amezin)

Please apply https://github.com/amezin/libwebcam-git/commit/bacec1552bfec7cfa1f27f8980a8ed0b33b199b5.patch

There are multiple fixes:

  • Added git repo to sources=()

  • Corrected license: COPYING files are GPL v3

  • Automatic pkgver

  • Patching in prepare()

  • Can't find any references to UVCVIDEO_INCLUDE_PATH in CMakeLists, so I removed it. The package still builds

  • Added git to makedepends per PKGBUILD VCS package guidelines