How To Install libva on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libva in Fedora 36. libva is Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libva on Fedora 36.

What is libva

Libva is a library providing the VA API video acceleration API.

We can use yum or dnf to install libva on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libva.

Install libva on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh
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## Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install `libva` on Fedora 36.

### What is `libva`

> Libva is a library providing the VA API video acceleration API.  

We can use `yum` or `dnf` to install `libva` on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libva.

## Install libva on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with `dnf` using the following command.

```bash
sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install libva

Install libva on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install libva

How To Uninstall libva on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libva

libva Package Contents on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf -y install libva

Install libva on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install libva

How To Uninstall libva on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libva

libva Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/libva.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/50c4e7e92249e67dea509b9d46b165c9c986f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/860530b52431a794c0b64081ba851e6149595d
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/2898471933d96956c0b608ddeda7a41430f51e
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/cd49dc494ae666752bd5d2f085bddad8873205
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/579ff4cd024cd029d4f9679c377d8b7747bdb7
/usr/lib64/libva-drm.so.2
/usr/lib64/libva-drm.so.2.1400.0
/usr/lib64/libva-glx.so.2
/usr/lib64/libva-glx.so.2.1400.0
/usr/lib64/libva-wayland.so.2
/usr/lib64/libva-wayland.so.2.1400.0
/usr/lib64/libva-x11.so.2
/usr/lib64/libva-x11.so.2.1400.0
/usr/lib64/libva.so.2
/usr/lib64/libva.so.2.1400.0
/usr/share/doc/libva
/usr/share/doc/libva/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/libva
/usr/share/licenses/libva/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libva on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).

/etc/libva.conf /usr/lib/.build-id /usr/lib/.build-id/1a /usr/lib/.build-id/1a/06c8b272d18a2d7e9ecb6c423a28e8faeffa7a /usr/lib/.build-id/33 /usr/lib/.build-id/33/56040915a16751ecbd87bd4d7eb8e82b26d0ce /usr/lib/.build-id/5e /usr/lib/.build-id/5e/cb1b0390efd5fe7ea69982567e8fd9634403f7 /usr/lib/.build-id/6b /usr/lib/.build-id/6b/4d6c6583171ab26c5573a3927c5766130888d4 /usr/lib/.build-id/ec /usr/lib/.build-id/ec/de89a56d1415234fa794894fe577f8c89f938c /usr/lib/libva-drm.so.2 /usr/lib/libva-drm.so.2.1400.0 /usr/lib/libva-glx.so.2 /usr/lib/libva-glx.so.2.1400.0 /usr/lib/libva-wayland.so.2 /usr/lib/libva-wayland.so.2.1400.0 /usr/lib/libva-x11.so.2 /usr/lib/libva-x11.so.2.1400.0 /usr/lib/libva.so.2 /usr/lib/libva.so.2.1400.0 /usr/share/doc/libva /usr/share/doc/libva/NEWS /usr/share/licenses/libva /usr/share/licenses/libva/COPYING


## References

* [libva website](https://github.com/intel/libva)

## Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install `libva` on [Fedora 36](/fedora/36/) using [yum](/fedora/36/yum/) and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).