How To Install libdav1d5 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 libdav1d5 on Ubuntu.
What is libdav1d5
libdav1d5 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
This package provides the shared library.
There are three methods to install libdav1d5 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 libdav1d5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdav1d5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdav1d5
Install libdav1d5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdav1d5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdav1d5
Install libdav1d5 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 libdav1d5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdav1d5
How To Uninstall libdav1d5 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libdav1d5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdav1d5
Uninstall libdav1d5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdav1d5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdav1d5
Remove libdav1d5 Configurations and Data
To remove libdav1d5 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdav1d5
Remove libdav1d5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdav1d5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdav1d5
Dependencies
libdav1d5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdav1d5 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.