How To Install vdpauinfo on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdpauinfo on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vdpauinfo
vdpauinfo 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 contains the vdpauinfo utility.
There are three methods to install vdpauinfo 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 vdpauinfo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vdpauinfo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vdpauinfo
Install vdpauinfo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vdpauinfo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vdpauinfo
Install vdpauinfo 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 vdpauinfo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vdpauinfo
How To Uninstall vdpauinfo on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vdpauinfo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vdpauinfo
Uninstall vdpauinfo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vdpauinfo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdpauinfo
Remove vdpauinfo Configurations and Data
To remove vdpauinfo configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vdpauinfo
Remove vdpauinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vdpauinfo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdpauinfo
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdpauinfo package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
