How To Install dav1d on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dav1d on Ubuntu.
What is dav1d
dav1d is:
dav1d is an AOMedia Video 1 (AV1) cross-platform decoder and focused on speed and correctness.
dav1d supports the following features:
- support for all features of the AV1 bitstream
- support for all bitdepth, 8, 10 and 12bits
- support for all chroma subsamplings 4:2:0, 4:2:2, 4:4:4 and grayscale
- full acceleration for AVX-2 chips
- full acceleration for SSSE3+ chips
- full acceleration for ARMv8 chips
- partial acceleration for ARMv7 chips
There are three methods to install dav1d on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dav1d Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dav1d using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dav1d
Install dav1d Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dav1d using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dav1d
Install dav1d 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 dav1d using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dav1d
How To Uninstall dav1d on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the dav1d package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dav1d
Uninstall dav1d And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dav1d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dav1d
Remove dav1d Configurations and Data
To remove dav1d configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dav1d
Remove dav1d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dav1d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dav1d
Dependencies
dav1d have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dav1d package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.