How To Install mesa-va-drivers on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-va-drivers on Debian 10.
What is mesa-va-drivers
mesa-va-drivers is:
These libraries provide the Video Acceleration API (VA-API) for Unix. They provide accelerated video playback (incl. H.264) and video post-processing for the supported graphics cards.
This package enables support for VA-API for some gallium drivers.
There are three methods to install mesa-va-drivers 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 mesa-va-drivers Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mesa-va-drivers using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mesa-va-drivers
Install mesa-va-drivers Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mesa-va-drivers using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mesa-va-drivers
Install mesa-va-drivers 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 mesa-va-drivers using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mesa-va-drivers
How To Uninstall mesa-va-drivers on Debian 10
To uninstall only the mesa-va-drivers package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mesa-va-drivers
Uninstall mesa-va-drivers And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mesa-va-drivers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mesa-va-drivers
Remove mesa-va-drivers Configurations and Data
To remove mesa-va-drivers configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mesa-va-drivers
Remove mesa-va-drivers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mesa-va-drivers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mesa-va-drivers
Dependencies
mesa-va-drivers have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-va-drivers package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.