Problems installing Howdy through terminal

[DJDuckVenom]

Hi there,

Recently I just installed Kubuntu onto my surface pro. I've been trying to install a program called howdy which allows me to unlock my laptop with my face using the on board IR scanner. However, when I try to install howdy I get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst", line 54, in <module>
devices = os.listdir("/dev/v4l/by-path")
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/dev/v4l/by-path'
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/howdy_2.5.1_all.deb (--unpack):
new howdy package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/howdy_2.5.1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Is there anyway I can fix this?

Thanks

[Snowhog]

Which version of Kubuntu did you install?

[claydoh]

How did you install, the specific steps and commands used?
You may have to report this to the developers, if this is a packaging error.
https://github.com/boltgolt/howdy/issues/137