How To Install libva-utils on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libva-utils on CentOS 7. libva-utils is Tools for VAAPI (including vainfo)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libva-utils on CentOS 7.

What is `libva-utils`

The libva-utils package contains tools that are provided as part of libva, including the vainfo tool for determining what (if any) libva support is available on a system.

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

Install libva-utils 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-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libva-utils

Install libva-utils 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-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libva-utils

How To Uninstall libva-utils on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libva-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libva-utils

References

libva-utils website

Summary

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