How To Install libnvidia-encode-390 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-encode-390 on Ubuntu 18.04. libnvidia-encode-390 is NVENC Video Encoding runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-encode-390 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libnvidia-encode-390

libnvidia-encode-390 is:

The NVENC Video Encoding library provides an interface to video encoder hardware on supported NVIDIA GPUs.

This package contains the nvidia-encode runtime library.

There are three methods to install libnvidia-encode-390 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libnvidia-encode-390 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-encode-390 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnvidia-encode-390

Install libnvidia-encode-390 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-encode-390 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnvidia-encode-390

Install libnvidia-encode-390 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-encode-390 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnvidia-encode-390

How To Uninstall libnvidia-encode-390 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libnvidia-encode-390 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnvidia-encode-390

Uninstall libnvidia-encode-390 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnvidia-encode-390 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvidia-encode-390

Remove libnvidia-encode-390 Configurations and Data

To remove libnvidia-encode-390 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnvidia-encode-390

Remove libnvidia-encode-390 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnvidia-encode-390 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvidia-encode-390

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-encode-390 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.