How To Install vdpau-driver-all on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdpau-driver-all on Kali Linux.
What is vdpau-driver-all
vdpau-driver-all 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 depends on the full suite of drivers for the VDPAU API. It does not provide any drivers itself, and may be removed if you wish to only have certain drivers installed.
There are three methods to install vdpau-driver-all on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vdpau-driver-all Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vdpau-driver-all using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vdpau-driver-allInstall vdpau-driver-all Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vdpau-driver-all using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vdpau-driver-allInstall vdpau-driver-all Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vdpau-driver-all using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vdpau-driver-allHow To Uninstall vdpau-driver-all on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the vdpau-driver-all package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vdpau-driver-allUninstall vdpau-driver-all And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vdpau-driver-all and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdpau-driver-allRemove vdpau-driver-all Configurations and Data
To remove vdpau-driver-all configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vdpau-driver-allRemove vdpau-driver-all configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vdpau-driver-all configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdpau-driver-allDependencies
vdpau-driver-all have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdpau-driver-all package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
