---
name: "gphoto"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gphoto"
version: "0.4.3-6"
release: "Debian 3.0 (Woody)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gphoto"
---

# gphoto(1)

GNU Project Digital Camera Program

## NAME

gPhoto - GNU Project Digital Camera Program

## SYNOPSIS

**gphoto \[-h\] \[-n\] \[-s #** *filename* **\]** **\[-t #** *filename* **\]** **\[-p** *filename* **\]**\
 **gphoto \[-d #\] \[-l** *filename* **\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**gPhoto** is an universal, free GTK+ application that will allow downloading, saving, and manipulation of images from several different digital still camera models.

gPhoto has a basic command line interface, which is handy, if you want to set up a web camera, and use gphoto in a  script, e.g. with Perl/PHP.

## USAGE

- gphoto

  ## OPTIONS

- *-n*

  display the # of pictures

- *-s # filename*

  save image # as filename

- *-t # filename*

  save thumbnail # as filename

- *-p filename*

  take picture and save as filename

- *-d #*

  delete image # from camera

- *-l filename*

  save live preview as filename

- *-h*

  display help screen

## FILES

*$HOME/.gphoto/gphotorc*

gPhoto configuration file

## BUGS

http://bugs.gnome.org/db/pa/lgphoto.html

## UPDATES

http://www.gphoto.org/download.php3

## AUTHORS

**Scott Fritzinger \<scottf@unr.edu\>**\
 Eugene Crosser \<crosser@average.org\
 Matt Martin \<matt.martin@ieee.org\>\
 Werner Almesberger \<almesber@lrc.di.epfl.ch\>\
 Ole W. Saastad \<o.w.saastad@kjemi.uio.no\>\
 Anne Bezemer \<costar@panic.et.tudelft.nl\>\
 Gus Hartmann \<hartmann@cs.wisc.edu\>\
 Gary Ross \<gdr@hooked.net\>\
 Phill Hugo \<phill@gphoto.org\>\
 Ed Legowski \<edlegowski@pobox.com\>\
 Toshiki Fujisawa \<gphoto@fujisaw.gr.jp\>\
 M. Adam Kendall \<joker@penguinpub.com\>\
 Mark Davies \<mdavies@dial.pipex.com\>\
 Michael McCormack \<mccormac@aals27.alcatel.com.au\>\
 Pedro Caria \<pmiguel@maquina.com\>\
 Del Simmons \<del@gphoto.org\>\
 Bob Paauwe \<bpaauwe@bobsplace.com\>\
 Cliff Wright \<cliff@snipe444.org\>\
 Beat Christen \<spiff@longstreet.ch\>\
 Warren Baird \<wjbaird@bigfoot.com\>\
 Brent D. Metz \<bmetz@vt.edu\>\
 Brian Hirt \<bhirt@loopy.berkhirt.com\>\
 Randy D. Scott \<scottr@wwa.com\>\
 David Brownell \<david-b@pacbell.net\>\
 Paul S. Jenner \<psj@mustec.eu.org\>\
 Henning Zabel \<henning@uni-paderborn.de\>\
 Rasmus Andersen \<rasmus@diku.dk\>\
 Tuomas Kuosmanen \<tigert@gimp.org\>\
 Ole Kristian Aamot \<ole@gnu.org\>

## SEE ALSO

**gdk,** **gtk+,** **imlib**