How To Install vdpau-va-driver on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdpau-va-driver on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdpau-va-driver package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
