How To Install libva-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libva-dev on Kali Linux.
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 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 libva-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libva-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libva-devInstall libva-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libva-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libva-devInstall libva-dev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libva-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libva-devHow To Uninstall libva-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libva-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libva-devUninstall libva-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libva-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libva-devRemove libva-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libva-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libva-devRemove 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-devDependencies
libva-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libva-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.