How To Install intel-media-va-driver-non-free on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install intel-media-va-driver-non-free
on Debian 12.
What is intel-media-va-driver-non-free
intel-media-va-driver-non-free is:
The VA-API (Video Acceleration API) enables hardware accelerated video decode/encode at various entry-points (VLD, IDCT, Motion Compensation etc.) for the prevailing coding standards today (MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP/H.263, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, and VC-1/WMV3). It provides an interface to fully expose the video decode capabilities in today’s GPUs.
This package contains the video decode and encode driver backend for the Intel HD Graphics of the Intel Core processor family. The supported platforms include:
- Broadwell
- Skylake
- Broxton
- Apollo Lake
- Kaby Lake
- Coffee Lake
- Whiskey Lake
- Cannon Lake
- Ice Lake
There are three methods to install intel-media-va-driver-non-free
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install intel-media-va-driver-non-free Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install intel-media-va-driver-non-free
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install intel-media-va-driver-non-free
Install intel-media-va-driver-non-free Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install intel-media-va-driver-non-free
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install intel-media-va-driver-non-free
Install intel-media-va-driver-non-free Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install intel-media-va-driver-non-free
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install intel-media-va-driver-non-free
How To Uninstall intel-media-va-driver-non-free on Debian 12
To uninstall only the intel-media-va-driver-non-free
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove intel-media-va-driver-non-free
Uninstall intel-media-va-driver-non-free And Its Dependencies
To uninstall intel-media-va-driver-non-free
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove intel-media-va-driver-non-free
Remove intel-media-va-driver-non-free Configurations and Data
To remove intel-media-va-driver-non-free
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge intel-media-va-driver-non-free
Remove intel-media-va-driver-non-free configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove intel-media-va-driver-non-free
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge intel-media-va-driver-non-free
Dependencies
intel-media-va-driver-non-free have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install intel-media-va-driver-non-free
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.