How To Install libvdpau on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau on Rocky Linux 8. libvdpau is Wrapper library for the Video Decode and Presentation API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau on Rocky Linux 8.

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install libvdpau on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvdpau.

Install libvdpau 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 libvdpau using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvdpau

Install libvdpau 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 libvdpau using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvdpau

How To Uninstall libvdpau on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libvdpau

libvdpau Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/f0a8658aa5f9091997c6fb208dde3f2ae810db
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/74660580ea9680ca262b6750b1465e0a6fc311
/usr/lib64/libvdpau.so.1
/usr/lib64/libvdpau.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/vdpau
/usr/lib64/vdpau/libvdpau_trace.so
/usr/lib64/vdpau/libvdpau_trace.so.1
/usr/lib64/vdpau/libvdpau_trace.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libvdpau
/usr/share/doc/libvdpau/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/libvdpau
/usr/share/licenses/libvdpau/COPYING
/etc/vdpau_wrapper.cfg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/e71fead921f5c3e44fdefde962904809f6b528
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/e09d962e3026c38610f262fa9912ad40269dcf
/usr/lib/libvdpau.so.1
/usr/lib/libvdpau.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/vdpau
/usr/lib/vdpau/libvdpau_trace.so
/usr/lib/vdpau/libvdpau_trace.so.1
/usr/lib/vdpau/libvdpau_trace.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/libvdpau
/usr/share/doc/libvdpau/AUTHORS
/usr/share/licenses/libvdpau
/usr/share/licenses/libvdpau/COPYING

References

Summary

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