How To Install libnvidia-encode1 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-encode1 on Kali Linux.

What is libnvidia-encode1

libnvidia-encode1 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-encode1 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 libnvidia-encode1 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-encode1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnvidia-encode1

Install libnvidia-encode1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-encode1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnvidia-encode1

Install libnvidia-encode1 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 libnvidia-encode1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnvidia-encode1

How To Uninstall libnvidia-encode1 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnvidia-encode1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnvidia-encode1

Uninstall libnvidia-encode1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnvidia-encode1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvidia-encode1

Remove libnvidia-encode1 Configurations and Data

To remove libnvidia-encode1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnvidia-encode1

Remove libnvidia-encode1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnvidia-encode1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvidia-encode1

Dependencies

libnvidia-encode1 have the following dependencies:

• libcuda1
• libc6
• libnvcuvid1

References

• libnvidia-encode1 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-encode1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.