How To Install libva-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libva-dev on Debian 12.
What is libva-dev
libva-dev is:
Video Acceleration API (VA API) is a library (“libVA”) and API specification which enables and provides access to graphics hardware (GPU) acceleration for video processing on Linux and UNIX based operating systems. Accelerated processing includes video decoding, video encoding, subpicture blending and rendering. The specification was originally designed by Intel for its GMA (Graphics Media Accelerator) series of GPU hardware, the API is however not limited to GPUs or Intel specific hardware, as other hardware and manufacturers can also freely use this API for hardware accelerated video decoding.
This package provides the development environment for libva.
There are three methods to install libva-dev 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 libva-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libva-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libva-dev
Install libva-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libva-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libva-dev
Install libva-dev 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 libva-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libva-dev
How To Uninstall libva-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libva-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libva-dev
Uninstall libva-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libva-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libva-dev
Remove libva-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libva-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libva-dev
Remove libva-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libva-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libva-dev
Dependencies
libva-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libva-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
