How To Install gstreamer1.0-vaapi on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-vaapi on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gstreamer1.0-vaapi
gstreamer1.0-vaapi is:
Gstreamer-vaapi is a collection of GStreamer plugins and helper libraries that allow hardware accelerated video decoding, encoding and processing through VA-API.
This package contains GStreamer plugins for VA-API support:
- `vaapiconvert’: converts from YUV pixels to VA surfaces
- `vaapisink’: a VA-API based video sink
There are three methods to install gstreamer1.0-vaapi 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 gstreamer1.0-vaapi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-vaapi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gstreamer1.0-vaapi
Install gstreamer1.0-vaapi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gstreamer1.0-vaapi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gstreamer1.0-vaapi
Install gstreamer1.0-vaapi 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 gstreamer1.0-vaapi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gstreamer1.0-vaapi
How To Uninstall gstreamer1.0-vaapi on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gstreamer1.0-vaapi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gstreamer1.0-vaapi
Uninstall gstreamer1.0-vaapi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gstreamer1.0-vaapi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gstreamer1.0-vaapi
Remove gstreamer1.0-vaapi Configurations and Data
To remove gstreamer1.0-vaapi configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gstreamer1.0-vaapi
Remove gstreamer1.0-vaapi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gstreamer1.0-vaapi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gstreamer1.0-vaapi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gstreamer1.0-vaapi package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
