How To Install libvdpau-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvdpau-doc
libvdpau-doc is:
VDPAU (Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix) is an open source library (libvdpau) and API designed by NVIDIA originally for its GeForce 8 series and later GPU hardware, targeted at the X Window System on Unix operating-systems (including Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris). This VDPAU API allows video programs to offload portions of the video decoding process and video post-processing to the GPU video-hardware.
This package contains the VDPAU documentation.
There are three methods to install libvdpau-doc 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 libvdpau-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvdpau-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvdpau-doc
Install libvdpau-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvdpau-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvdpau-doc
Install libvdpau-doc 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 libvdpau-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvdpau-doc
How To Uninstall libvdpau-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvdpau-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvdpau-doc
Uninstall libvdpau-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvdpau-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvdpau-doc
Remove libvdpau-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libvdpau-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvdpau-doc
Remove libvdpau-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvdpau-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvdpau-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
