How To Install libvdpau on Fedora 34

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 Fedora 34.

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 4.fc34 x86_64 17 k libvdpau-1.4-4.fc34.src.rpm fedora 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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvdpau.

Install libvdpau on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libvdpau

libvdpau Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/776676647e562bd19f0b6166be1e8cc039f9ad
/usr/lib64/libvdpau.so.1
/usr/lib64/libvdpau.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/vdpau
/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/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/738ceff0258a2ad9286d2c7c66b0e13735c0d4
/usr/lib/libvdpau.so.1
/usr/lib/libvdpau.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/vdpau
/usr/share/doc/libvdpau
/usr/share/doc/libvdpau/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/libvdpau
/usr/share/licenses/libvdpau/COPYING

References

[libvdpau website](https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/VDPAU/ https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/VDPAU/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.