How To Install libdav1d6 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdav1d6 on Debian 12.
What is libdav1d6
libdav1d6 is:
dav1d is an AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) cross-platform decoder and focused on speed and correctness.
dav1d supports the following features:
- support for all features of the AV1 bitstream
- support for all bitdepth, 8, 10 and 12bits
- support for all chroma subsamplings 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 and grayscale
- full acceleration for AVX-2 chips
- full acceleration for SSSE3+ chips
- full acceleration for ARMv8 chips
- partial acceleration for ARMv7 chips
This package provides the shared library.
There are three methods to install libdav1d6 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libdav1d6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdav1d6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdav1d6
Install libdav1d6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdav1d6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdav1d6
Install libdav1d6 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libdav1d6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdav1d6
How To Uninstall libdav1d6 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libdav1d6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdav1d6
Uninstall libdav1d6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdav1d6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdav1d6
Remove libdav1d6 Configurations and Data
To remove libdav1d6 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdav1d6
Remove libdav1d6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdav1d6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdav1d6
Dependencies
libdav1d6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdav1d6 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
