How To Install libnvidia-decode-390 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-decode-390 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libnvidia-decode-390
libnvidia-decode-390 is:
This package includes the NVIDIA CUDA Video Decoder (NVCUVID) library which provides an interface to hardware video decoding capabilities on NVIDIA GPUs with CUDA.
The package also provides a VDPAU (Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix-like systems) library for the NVIDIA vendor implementation.
Package: libnvidia-decode-390 Architecture: amd64 Version: 390.132-0ubuntu2 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: restricted/libs Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-390 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 3328 Provides: libnvidia-decode Depends: libnvidia-compute-390 (= 390.132-0ubuntu2), libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libx11-6, libxext6 Conflicts: libnvidia-decode Replaces: libnvidia-decode Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-390/libnvidia-decode-390_390.132-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 1119672 MD5sum: 428ef6f171becd1849a0118fad5da33f SHA1: 36421d1cbf6cb2b20c3d70617a619d045f46797a SHA256: b03be3609cbb02ca551bca62f6d47dfcaeca7b5b8ea126f8b6ff8d07dcee661e Homepage: http://www.nvidia.com Description-en: NVIDIA Video Decoding runtime libraries This package includes the NVIDIA CUDA Video Decoder (NVCUVID) library which provides an interface to hardware video decoding capabilities on NVIDIA GPUs with CUDA.
The package also provides a VDPAU (Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix-like systems) library for the NVIDIA vendor implementation.
There are three methods to install libnvidia-decode-390 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnvidia-decode-390 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-decode-390 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnvidia-decode-390
Install libnvidia-decode-390 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-decode-390 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnvidia-decode-390
Install libnvidia-decode-390 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-decode-390 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnvidia-decode-390
How To Uninstall libnvidia-decode-390 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libnvidia-decode-390 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnvidia-decode-390
Uninstall libnvidia-decode-390 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnvidia-decode-390 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvidia-decode-390
Remove libnvidia-decode-390 Configurations and Data
To remove libnvidia-decode-390 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnvidia-decode-390
Remove libnvidia-decode-390 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnvidia-decode-390 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvidia-decode-390
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-decode-390 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
