How to best install v4l2loopback on Linux Mint?
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I am trying to create a virtual webcam from OBS(26.1.1) so I can feed it to Zoom. I am Linux Mint 20.1 Cinnamon, version 4.8.6, Kernel 5.4.0-64-generic.
I did:
sudo apt-get install v4l2loopback-dkms
sudo apt-get install v4l2loopback-utils
but v4l2loopback is not showing up as an option in zoom
I went to the v4l2loopback github page, where it suggested I should build it from scratch and install it into my kernel. I tried to build from scratch and immediately ran into problems with the make command.
make -C /lib/modules/
uname -r
/build M=/home/berggren/Downloads/v4l2loopback-main modules
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-64-generic'
Building modules, stage 2.
MODPOST 1 modules
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.4.0-64-generic'
make -C utils
make: Entering directory '/home/berggren/Downloads/v4l2loopback-main/utils'
cc -I.. v4l2loopback-ctl.c -o v4l2loopback-ctl
v4l2loopback-ctl.c:1:10: fatal error: sys/types.h: No such file or directory
1 | #include
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make: *** [: v4l2loopback-ctl] Error 1
make: Leaving directory '/home/berggren/Downloads/v4l2loopback-main/utils'
make: *** [Makefile:85: utils/v4l2loopback-ctl] Error 2
I didn't go further because I wasn't sure I was going in the right direction with that.
Could someone explain the correct procedure for installing v4l2loopback?
Asked by Karl Berggren
(43 rep)
Feb 20, 2021, 02:51 PM
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Last activity: Jun 13, 2024, 08:56 AM