How To Install libdav1d4 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdav1d4 on Debian 11. libdav1d4 is fast and small AV1 video stream decoder (shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdav1d4 on Debian 11.

What is libdav1d4

libdav1d4 is:

dav1d is an AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) cross-platform decoder and focused on speed and correctness.

dav1d supports the following features:

  • support for all features of the AV1 bitstream
  • support for all bitdepth, 8, 10 and 12bits
  • support for all chroma subsamplings 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 and grayscale
  • full acceleration for AVX-2 chips
  • full acceleration for SSSE3+ chips
  • full acceleration for ARMv8 chips
  • partial acceleration for ARMv7 chips

This package provides the shared library.

There are three methods to install libdav1d4 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libdav1d4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdav1d4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdav1d4

Install libdav1d4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdav1d4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdav1d4

Install libdav1d4 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 libdav1d4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdav1d4

How To Uninstall libdav1d4 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libdav1d4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdav1d4

Uninstall libdav1d4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdav1d4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdav1d4

Remove libdav1d4 Configurations and Data

To remove libdav1d4 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdav1d4

Remove libdav1d4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdav1d4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdav1d4

Dependencies

libdav1d4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdav1d4 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.