How To Install libxvmc1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxvmc1 on Ubuntu 18.04. libxvmc1 is X11 Video extension library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxvmc1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libxvmc1

libxvmc1 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.

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 libxvmc1 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 libxvmc1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxvmc1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxvmc1

Install libxvmc1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxvmc1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxvmc1

Install libxvmc1 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 libxvmc1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxvmc1

How To Uninstall libxvmc1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libxvmc1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxvmc1

Uninstall libxvmc1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxvmc1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxvmc1

Remove libxvmc1 Configurations and Data

To remove libxvmc1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxvmc1

Remove libxvmc1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxvmc1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxvmc1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxvmc1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.