How To Install linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu is:
Some Xilinx models include a hardware Video Codec Unit (VCU). The Xilinx VCU firmware files are needed for the decoder and encoder.
There are three methods to install linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
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 linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
Install linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
Install linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu 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 linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
How To Uninstall linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
Uninstall linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
Remove linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu Configurations and Data
To remove linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
Remove linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-firmware-xilinx-vcu
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.