How To Install libvdpau-va-gl1 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau-va-gl1 on Debian 11.
What is libvdpau-va-gl1
libvdpau-va-gl1 is:
Many applications can use VDPAU to accelerate portions of the video decoding process and video post-processing to the GPU video hardware. Unfortunately, there is no such library for many graphic chipsets. Some applications also support VA-API but many of them, including Adobe Flash Player, don’t.
This library proposes a generic VDPAU library. It uses OpenGL under the hood to accelerate drawing and scaling and VA-API (if available) to accelerate video decoding.
There are three methods to install libvdpau-va-gl1 on Debian 11. 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-va-gl1 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-va-gl1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvdpau-va-gl1
Install libvdpau-va-gl1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvdpau-va-gl1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvdpau-va-gl1
Install libvdpau-va-gl1 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libvdpau-va-gl1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvdpau-va-gl1
How To Uninstall libvdpau-va-gl1 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libvdpau-va-gl1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvdpau-va-gl1
Uninstall libvdpau-va-gl1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvdpau-va-gl1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvdpau-va-gl1
Remove libvdpau-va-gl1 Configurations and Data
To remove libvdpau-va-gl1 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvdpau-va-gl1
Remove libvdpau-va-gl1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvdpau-va-gl1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvdpau-va-gl1
Dependencies
libvdpau-va-gl1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau-va-gl1 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.