How To Install libvdpau1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvdpau1-dbg
libvdpau1-dbg 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 provides the debug symbols of the shared library.
There are three methods to install libvdpau1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvdpau1-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvdpau1-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvdpau1-dbg
Install libvdpau1-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvdpau1-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvdpau1-dbg
Install libvdpau1-dbg 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 libvdpau1-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvdpau1-dbg
How To Uninstall libvdpau1-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvdpau1-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvdpau1-dbg
Uninstall libvdpau1-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvdpau1-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvdpau1-dbg
Remove libvdpau1-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libvdpau1-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvdpau1-dbg
Remove libvdpau1-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvdpau1-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvdpau1-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau1-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
