How To Install libvdpau1 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libvdpau1 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libvdpau1 is Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (libraries)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau1 on Debian 10.

What is libvdpau1

libvdpau1 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 wrapper and trace libraries.

There are three methods to install libvdpau1 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libvdpau1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvdpau1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvdpau1

Install libvdpau1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvdpau1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvdpau1

Install libvdpau1 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 libvdpau1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvdpau1

How To Uninstall libvdpau1 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libvdpau1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvdpau1

Uninstall libvdpau1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvdpau1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvdpau1

Remove libvdpau1 Configurations and Data

To remove libvdpau1 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvdpau1

Remove libvdpau1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvdpau1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvdpau1

Dependencies

libvdpau1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau1 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.