How To Install libvdpau-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libvdpau-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libvdpau-dev is Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau-dev on Debian 12.

What is libvdpau-dev

libvdpau-dev is:

VDPAU (Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix) is an open source library (libvdpau) and API designed by NVIDIA originally for its GeForce 8 series and later GPU hardware, targeted at the X Window System on Unix operating-systems (including Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris). This VDPAU API allows video programs to offload portions of the video decoding process and video post-processing to the GPU video-hardware.

This package contains the files necessary for development with VDPAU.

There are three methods to install libvdpau-dev 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 libvdpau-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvdpau-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvdpau-dev

Install libvdpau-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvdpau-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvdpau-dev

Install libvdpau-dev 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 libvdpau-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvdpau-dev

How To Uninstall libvdpau-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libvdpau-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvdpau-dev

Uninstall libvdpau-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvdpau-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvdpau-dev

Remove libvdpau-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libvdpau-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvdpau-dev

Remove libvdpau-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvdpau-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvdpau-dev

Dependencies

libvdpau-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.