How To Install mesa-va-drivers on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-va-drivers
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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. Task: kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: mesa-va-drivers Architecture: amd64 Version: 20.0.4-2ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/libs Source: mesa Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 26780 Provides: va-driver Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libdrm-amdgpu1 (>= 2.4.100), libdrm-nouveau2 (>= 2.4.66), libdrm-radeon1 (>= 2.4.31), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75), libelf1 (>= 0.142), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libllvm9 (>= 1:9~svn298832-1~), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.6.9), libxcb-dri2-0 (>= 1.8), libxcb-dri3-0, libxcb-present0, libxcb-sync1, libxcb-xfixes0, libxcb1 (>= 1.9.2), libxshmfence1, libzstd1 (>= 1.3.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Breaks: vdpau-va-driver (« 0.7.4-5) Replaces: vdpau-va-driver (« 0.7.4-5) Enhances: libva2 Filename: pool/universe/m/mesa/mesa-va-drivers_20.0.4-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 2415676 MD5sum: dc4278793b6d537f063931e351ab3610 SHA1: 4bf504e0e7c616b2005b84a34be13faeeff59804 SHA256: 0a3317be03915bc0f0fccd729216c7f54ccbd97aada1177bef5db519155ca78a Homepage: https://mesa3d.org/ Description-en: Mesa VA-API video acceleration drivers 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. Task: kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install mesa-va-drivers
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mesa-va-drivers
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.