How To Install libxvmc1 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 libxvmc1 on Ubuntu.
What is libxvmc1
libxvmc1 is:
libXvMC provides an X Window System client interface to the XVideo-MotionCompensation extension to the X protocol.
The XVideo-MotionCompensation extension allows for further accelerated drawing of videos. Video data may be sent at earlier stages of the decoding pipeline than raw YUV data. At the moment, driver support for XvMC is poor to non-existent.
More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.X.org
This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXvMC
There are three methods to install libxvmc1 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 libxvmc1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libxvmc1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxvmc1
Install libxvmc1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxvmc1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxvmc1
Install libxvmc1 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 libxvmc1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxvmc1
How To Uninstall libxvmc1 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libxvmc1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxvmc1
Uninstall libxvmc1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxvmc1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxvmc1
Remove libxvmc1 Configurations and Data
To remove libxvmc1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxvmc1
Remove libxvmc1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxvmc1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxvmc1
Dependencies
libxvmc1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxvmc1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.