How To Install libvdpau1 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 libvdpau1 on Ubuntu.
What is libvdpau1
libvdpau1 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 VDPAU wrapper and trace libraries.
There are three methods to install libvdpau1 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 libvdpau1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvdpau1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvdpau1
Install libvdpau1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvdpau1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvdpau1
Install libvdpau1 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 libvdpau1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvdpau1
How To Uninstall libvdpau1 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libvdpau1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvdpau1
Uninstall libvdpau1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvdpau1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvdpau1
Remove libvdpau1 Configurations and Data
To remove libvdpau1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvdpau1
Remove libvdpau1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvdpau1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvdpau1
Dependencies
libvdpau1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdpau1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.