How To Install libvdpau-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libvdpau-devel is Development files for libvdpau

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libvdpau-devel

The libvdpau-devel package contains libraries and header files for developing applications that use libvdpau.

We can use yum or dnf to install libvdpau-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvdpau-devel.

Install libvdpau-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libvdpau-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvdpau-devel

Install libvdpau-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install libvdpau-devel

How To Uninstall libvdpau-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libvdpau-devel

libvdpau-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/vdpau
/usr/include/vdpau/vdpau.h
/usr/include/vdpau/vdpau_x11.h
/usr/lib/libvdpau.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/vdpau.pc
/usr/include/vdpau
/usr/include/vdpau/vdpau.h
/usr/include/vdpau/vdpau_x11.h
/usr/lib64/libvdpau.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/vdpau.pc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.