How To Install vdpauinfo on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdpauinfo on Rocky Linux 8. vdpauinfo is Tool to query the capabilities of a VDPAU implementation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdpauinfo on Rocky Linux 8.

What is vdpauinfo

Tool to query the capabilities of a VDPAU implementation.

We can use yum or dnf to install vdpauinfo on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vdpauinfo.

Install vdpauinfo on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install vdpauinfo using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vdpauinfo

Install vdpauinfo on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install vdpauinfo using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vdpauinfo

How To Uninstall vdpauinfo on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the vdpauinfo package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vdpauinfo

vdpauinfo Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/vdpauinfo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/b8a65321aa68bc110849aabb5a6732655fb7f4
/usr/share/doc/vdpauinfo
/usr/share/doc/vdpauinfo/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdpauinfo on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.