How To Install libnvidia-decode-440 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-decode-440 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libnvidia-decode-440
libnvidia-decode-440 is:
This is a transitional package for libnvidia-decode-450, and can be safely removed after the installation is complete.
Package: libnvidia-decode-440 Architecture: amd64 Version: 440.82+really.440.64-0ubuntu6 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: restricted/libs Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers-440 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 3877 Provides: libnvidia-decode Depends: libnvidia-compute-440 (= 440.82+really.440.64-0ubuntu6), libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libx11-6, libxext6 Conflicts: libnvidia-decode Replaces: libnvidia-decode Filename: pool/restricted/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers-440/libnvidia-decode-440_440.82+really.440.64-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb Size: 1026480 MD5sum: 01508932490e630f3e2b9230e566ac6d SHA1: 2a6665649b481301535237ecf50030a774bdf52d SHA256: 619c21370e76d087226a32d73b0288ae3f11c28084466c0fb09d8348b7e17ece 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-440 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-440 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-440 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnvidia-decode-440
Install libnvidia-decode-440 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-decode-440 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnvidia-decode-440
Install libnvidia-decode-440 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-440 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnvidia-decode-440
How To Uninstall libnvidia-decode-440 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libnvidia-decode-440 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnvidia-decode-440
Uninstall libnvidia-decode-440 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnvidia-decode-440 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-440
Remove libnvidia-decode-440 Configurations and Data
To remove libnvidia-decode-440 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnvidia-decode-440
Remove libnvidia-decode-440 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnvidia-decode-440 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvidia-decode-440
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-decode-440 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
