How To Install libva-x11-2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libva-x11-2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libva-x11-2
libva-x11-2 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 libva-x11 library.
There are three methods to install libva-x11-2 on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-x11-2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libva-x11-2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libva-x11-2
Install libva-x11-2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libva-x11-2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libva-x11-2
Install libva-x11-2 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libva-x11-2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libva-x11-2
How To Uninstall libva-x11-2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libva-x11-2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libva-x11-2
Uninstall libva-x11-2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libva-x11-2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libva-x11-2
Remove libva-x11-2 Configurations and Data
To remove libva-x11-2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libva-x11-2
Remove libva-x11-2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libva-x11-2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libva-x11-2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libva-x11-2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
