How To Install libxvmc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxvmc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libxvmc-dev
libxvmc-dev is:
libXvMC provides an X Window System client interface to the XVideo-MotionCompensation extension to the X protocol.
The XVideo-MotionCompensation extension allows for further accelerated drawing of videos. Video data may be sent at earlier stages of the decoding pipeline than raw YUV data. At the moment, driver support for XvMC is poor to non-existent.
This package contains the development headers for the library found in libxvmc1. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.X.org
This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXvMC
There are three methods to install libxvmc-dev 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 libxvmc-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxvmc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxvmc-dev
Install libxvmc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxvmc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxvmc-dev
Install libxvmc-dev 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 libxvmc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxvmc-dev
How To Uninstall libxvmc-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libxvmc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxvmc-dev
Uninstall libxvmc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxvmc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxvmc-dev
Remove libxvmc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libxvmc-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxvmc-dev
Remove libxvmc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxvmc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxvmc-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxvmc-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
