How To Install libva-utils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libva-utils on Rocky Linux 8. libva-utils is Tools for VAAPI (including vainfo)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libva-utils on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libva-utils.

Install libva-utils on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install libva-utils

Install libva-utils on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install libva-utils

How To Uninstall libva-utils on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libva-utils

libva-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/avcenc
/usr/bin/avcstreamoutdemo
/usr/bin/h264encode
/usr/bin/hevcencode
/usr/bin/jpegenc
/usr/bin/loadjpeg
/usr/bin/mpeg2vaenc
/usr/bin/mpeg2vldemo
/usr/bin/putsurface
/usr/bin/putsurface_wayland
/usr/bin/sfcsample
/usr/bin/vainfo
/usr/bin/vavpp
/usr/bin/vp8enc
/usr/bin/vp9enc
/usr/bin/vppblending
/usr/bin/vppchromasitting
/usr/bin/vppdenoise
/usr/bin/vppscaling_csc
/usr/bin/vppsharpness
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/8ed3041dfba6739723ceef479b7ce8ae1ee662
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/5dea37113528068e6fc41fa41500afb5780354
/usr/lib/.build-id/14
/usr/lib/.build-id/14/e2f91b584a938e01e5bdd02b485e3ff04e2411
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/91e9f10d8e321fdf926a085b85d82de7524386
/usr/lib/.build-id/26
/usr/lib/.build-id/26/d4dca73f1f5893f6cc8b0cf5cc595def4de9d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/9b3b0be58ef0ca6b4ae724456f90f762312437
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/35b3ca9196b4eb4f7d47f40e31c069938842f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/15f6f615fa934f4fe5ba8b0d43819580dd7d4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/4f2b2d9fb25b1e1ac29b3226510feca3541fad
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/0c9c4ec4798749427066cd9c4a5cb6b1bfc022
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/cd79c9da71142f14dd75db8c26326cff0749e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/161b1d497d1209dd615b54f1f15eaf989e299d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/7e29b2e4615225c170a5570e7b5f8eb2e50be5
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/4dc9d2a503d2b7712907a7d42a15325b25c9c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/93472a71c5c227871be16f53a550b3d5787a90
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/09567ad084a2bdc7058ca550e014cd9d75c2c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/0fabd3e333cff3235d85a339dd563dbd5e66f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/757788c343e1a79940f447649e128fb1b1fef9
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/ad/6a13e98d0483fdc4ded74780dc2fed46355532
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/8e37104ad5d29c99fc78181aadfb42e8907bd7
/usr/share/doc/libva-utils
/usr/share/doc/libva-utils/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/libva-utils/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libva-utils
/usr/share/licenses/libva-utils/COPYING

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libva-utils on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.