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