How To Install libva-intel-hybrid-driver on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libva-intel-hybrid-driver on CentOS 7. libva-intel-hybrid-driver is VA driver for Intel G45 & HD Graphics family

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libva-intel-hybrid-driver on CentOS 7.

What is libva-intel-hybrid-driver

libva-intel-hybrid-driver is the VA-API implementation for Intel G45 chipsets and Intel HD Graphics for Intel Core processor family. It allows to accelerate VP9 videos on Skylake and Kabylake architectures.

We can use yum or dnf to install libva-intel-hybrid-driver on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libva-intel-hybrid-driver.

Install libva-intel-hybrid-driver on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libva-intel-hybrid-driver using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libva-intel-hybrid-driver

Install libva-intel-hybrid-driver on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libva-intel-hybrid-driver using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libva-intel-hybrid-driver

How To Uninstall libva-intel-hybrid-driver on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libva-intel-hybrid-driver package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libva-intel-hybrid-driver

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libva-intel-hybrid-driver on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.