How To Install libvdpau on CentOS 8

libvdpau is Wrapper library for the Video Decode and Presentation API Wrapper library for the Video Decode and Presentation API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau on CentOS 8.

What is libvdpau

VDPAU is the Video Decode and Presentation API for UNIX. It provides an interface to video decode acceleration and presentation hardware present in modern GPUs. libvdpau 1.4 2.el8 x86_64 41 k libvdpau-1.4-2.el8.src.rpm appstream Wrapper library for the Video Decode and Presentation API https MIT VDPAU is the Video Decode and Presentation API for UNIX. It provides an interface to video decode acceleration and presentation hardware present in modern GPUs.

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

Install libvdpau on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install libvdpau

Install libvdpau on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install libvdpau

How To Uninstall libvdpau on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libvdpau

libvdpau Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/c8/d75bd1b9e91f1c69913b7775cc549a65e51b40
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/33cfdd3c5f019acff60e2fdcb44980b5dbad00
/usr/lib/libvdpau.so.1
/usr/lib/libvdpau.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/vdpau
/usr/lib/vdpau/libvdpau_trace.so
/usr/lib/vdpau/libvdpau_trace.so.1
/usr/lib/vdpau/libvdpau_trace.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libvdpau
/usr/share/doc/libvdpau/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/libvdpau
/usr/share/licenses/libvdpau/COPYING
/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/505dc856a1f65394a1548b3f582ff145a54fed
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/9433a5ff10105e3d0b3331ccf8a82893118480
/usr/lib64/libvdpau.so.1
/usr/lib64/libvdpau.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/vdpau
/usr/lib64/vdpau/libvdpau_trace.so
/usr/lib64/vdpau/libvdpau_trace.so.1
/usr/lib64/vdpau/libvdpau_trace.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libvdpau
/usr/share/doc/libvdpau/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/libvdpau
/usr/share/licenses/libvdpau/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.