How To Install vdpau-va-driver on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdpau-va-driver
on Debian 9.
What is vdpau-va-driver
vdpau-va-driver is:
The VA-API (Video Acceleration API) enables hardware accelerated video decode/encode at various entry-points (VLD, IDCT, Motion Compensation etc.) for the prevailing coding standards today (MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP/H.263, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, and VC-1/VMW3). It provides an interface to fully expose the video decode capabilities in today’s GPUs.
This package contains the VDPAU-based backend driver for use with the VA API library.
There are three methods to install vdpau-va-driver
on Debian 9. 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-va-driver Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vdpau-va-driver
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vdpau-va-driver
Install vdpau-va-driver Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vdpau-va-driver
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vdpau-va-driver
Install vdpau-va-driver 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install vdpau-va-driver
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vdpau-va-driver
How To Uninstall vdpau-va-driver on Debian 9
To uninstall only the vdpau-va-driver
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vdpau-va-driver
Uninstall vdpau-va-driver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vdpau-va-driver
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdpau-va-driver
Remove vdpau-va-driver Configurations and Data
To remove vdpau-va-driver
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vdpau-va-driver
Remove vdpau-va-driver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vdpau-va-driver
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdpau-va-driver
Dependencies
vdpau-va-driver have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdpau-va-driver
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.