How To Install libvdpau on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau on CentOS 7. libvdpau is Wrapper library for the Video Decode and Presentation API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau on CentOS 7.

What is libvdpau

VDPAU is the Video Decode and Presentation API for UNIX. It provides an interface to video decode acceleration and presentation hardware present in modern GPUs. VDPAU is the Video Decode and Presentation API for UNIX. It provides an interface to video decode acceleration and presentation hardware present in modern GPUs.

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

Install libvdpau on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libvdpau using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvdpau

Install libvdpau 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 libvdpau using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvdpau

How To Uninstall libvdpau on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libvdpau package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libvdpau

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Summary

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