How To Install libvdpau-va-gl1 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau-va-gl1
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libvdpau-va-gl1
libvdpau-va-gl1 is:
Many applications can use VDPAU to accelerate portions of the video decoding process and video post-processing to the GPU video hardware. Unfortunately, there is no such library for many graphic chipsets. Some applications also support VA-API but many of them, including Adobe Flash Player, don’t.
This library proposes a generic VDPAU library. It uses OpenGL under the hood to accelerate drawing and scaling and VA-API (if available) to accelerate video decoding.
There are three methods to install libvdpau-va-gl1
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvdpau-va-gl1 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-va-gl1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvdpau-va-gl1
Install libvdpau-va-gl1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvdpau-va-gl1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvdpau-va-gl1
Install libvdpau-va-gl1 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 libvdpau-va-gl1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvdpau-va-gl1
How To Uninstall libvdpau-va-gl1 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libvdpau-va-gl1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvdpau-va-gl1
Uninstall libvdpau-va-gl1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvdpau-va-gl1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvdpau-va-gl1
Remove libvdpau-va-gl1 Configurations and Data
To remove libvdpau-va-gl1
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvdpau-va-gl1
Remove libvdpau-va-gl1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvdpau-va-gl1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvdpau-va-gl1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau-va-gl1
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.