How To Install libffmpeg-nvenc-dev 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 libffmpeg-nvenc-dev on Ubuntu.
What is libffmpeg-nvenc-dev
libffmpeg-nvenc-dev is:
Nvidia’s NVDEC (formerly NVCUVID) and NVENC offer offloading of video decoding and encoding from the CPU to the GPU. NVDEC and NVENC is supported by NVIDIA cards starting from 2012.
This package contains header files defining the API to use NVDEC and NVENC in applications, e.g., in ffmpeg.
There are three methods to install libffmpeg-nvenc-dev 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 libffmpeg-nvenc-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libffmpeg-nvenc-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libffmpeg-nvenc-dev
Install libffmpeg-nvenc-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libffmpeg-nvenc-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libffmpeg-nvenc-dev
Install libffmpeg-nvenc-dev 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 libffmpeg-nvenc-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libffmpeg-nvenc-dev
How To Uninstall libffmpeg-nvenc-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libffmpeg-nvenc-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libffmpeg-nvenc-dev
Uninstall libffmpeg-nvenc-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libffmpeg-nvenc-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libffmpeg-nvenc-dev
Remove libffmpeg-nvenc-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libffmpeg-nvenc-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libffmpeg-nvenc-dev
Remove libffmpeg-nvenc-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libffmpeg-nvenc-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libffmpeg-nvenc-dev
Dependencies
libffmpeg-nvenc-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libffmpeg-nvenc-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.