Complete Guide: Installing libva on Arch Linux 2024

1. Install "libva" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libva on Arch Linux


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libva" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libva on Arch Linux:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -Rcns
            
                        
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3. Information about the libva package on Arch Linux

Repository : extra
Name : libva
Version : 2.20.0-1
Description : Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://01.org/linuxmedia/vaapi
Licenses : MIT
Groups : None
Provides : libva-drm.so=2-64 libva-glx.so=2-64 libva-wayland.so=2-64
libva-x11.so=2-64 libva.so=2-64
Depends On : libdrm libgl libx11 libxext libxfixes wayland
Optional Deps : intel-media-driver: backend for Intel GPUs (>= Broadwell)
libva-intel-driver: backend for Intel GPUs (<= Haswell)
libva-mesa-driver: backend for AMD and NVIDIA GPUs
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Download Size : 183.69 KiB
Installed Size : 899.79 KiB
Packager : Maxime Gauduin
Build Date : Fri Sep 15 15:15:31 2023
Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature