How To Install libmfx-gen1.2 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmfx-gen1.2 on Debian 12.
What is libmfx-gen1.2
libmfx-gen1.2 is:
Intel oneVPL GPU Runtime is a Runtime implementation of oneVPL API for Intel Gen GPUs. Runtime provides access to hardware-accelerated video decode, encode and filtering.
Supported video encoders: HEVC, AVC, MPEG-2, JPEG, VP9 Supported video decoders: HEVC, AVC, VP8, VP9, MPEG-2, VC1, JPEG, AV1 Supported video pre-processing filters: Color Conversion, Deinterlace, Denoise, Resize, Rotate, Composition
This package includes the shared library.
There are three methods to install libmfx-gen1.2 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 libmfx-gen1.2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmfx-gen1.2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmfx-gen1.2
Install libmfx-gen1.2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmfx-gen1.2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmfx-gen1.2
Install libmfx-gen1.2 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 libmfx-gen1.2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmfx-gen1.2
How To Uninstall libmfx-gen1.2 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libmfx-gen1.2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmfx-gen1.2
Uninstall libmfx-gen1.2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmfx-gen1.2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmfx-gen1.2
Remove libmfx-gen1.2 Configurations and Data
To remove libmfx-gen1.2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmfx-gen1.2
Remove libmfx-gen1.2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmfx-gen1.2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmfx-gen1.2
Dependencies
libmfx-gen1.2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmfx-gen1.2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
