How To Install gstreamer1.0-vaapi on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-vaapi on Kali Linux. gstreamer1.0-vaapi is VA-API plugins for GStreamer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-vaapi on Kali Linux.

What is `gstreamer1.0-vaapi`

gstreamer1.0-vaapi is:

Gstreamer-vaapi is a collection of GStreamer plugins and helper libraries that allow hardware accelerated video decoding, encoding and processing through VA-API.

This package contains GStreamer plugins for VA-API support:

`vaapiconvert’: converts from YUV pixels to VA surfaces
`vaapisink’: a VA-API based video sink

There are three methods to install gstreamer1.0-vaapi on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gstreamer1.0-vaapi Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-vaapi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gstreamer1.0-vaapi

Install gstreamer1.0-vaapi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-vaapi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gstreamer1.0-vaapi

Install gstreamer1.0-vaapi Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-vaapi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gstreamer1.0-vaapi

How To Uninstall gstreamer1.0-vaapi on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gstreamer1.0-vaapi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gstreamer1.0-vaapi

Uninstall gstreamer1.0-vaapi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gstreamer1.0-vaapi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gstreamer1.0-vaapi

Remove gstreamer1.0-vaapi Configurations and Data

To remove gstreamer1.0-vaapi configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gstreamer1.0-vaapi

Remove gstreamer1.0-vaapi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gstreamer1.0-vaapi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gstreamer1.0-vaapi

Dependencies

gstreamer1.0-vaapi have the following dependencies:

References

gstreamer1.0-vaapi website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-vaapi package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.