How To Install vdpau-driver-all on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdpau-driver-all on Kali Linux. vdpau-driver-all is Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (driver metapackage)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdpau-driver-all on Kali Linux.

What is vdpau-driver-all

vdpau-driver-all 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 depends on the full suite of drivers for the VDPAU API. It does not provide any drivers itself, and may be removed if you wish to only have certain drivers installed.

There are three methods to install vdpau-driver-all on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install vdpau-driver-all Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vdpau-driver-all

Install vdpau-driver-all Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vdpau-driver-all using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vdpau-driver-all

Install vdpau-driver-all Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install vdpau-driver-all using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vdpau-driver-all

How To Uninstall vdpau-driver-all on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vdpau-driver-all package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vdpau-driver-all

Uninstall vdpau-driver-all And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vdpau-driver-all and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdpau-driver-all

Remove vdpau-driver-all Configurations and Data

To remove vdpau-driver-all configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vdpau-driver-all

Remove vdpau-driver-all configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdpau-driver-all

Dependencies

vdpau-driver-all have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdpau-driver-all package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.