Complete Guide: Installing libvdpau on Arch Linux 2024

1. Install "libvdpau" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libvdpau on Arch Linux


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S
            
                        
                libvdpau
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libvdpau" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libvdpau on Arch Linux:


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

Repository : extra
Name : libvdpau
Version : 1.5-2
Description : Nvidia VDPAU library
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/VDPAU/
Licenses : custom
Groups : None
Provides : libvdpau.so=1-64
Depends On : libxext
Optional Deps : libvdpau-va-gl: driver using VAAPI
mesa-vdpau: driver for Mesa
nvidia-utils: driver for NVIDIA
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Download Size : 63.39 KiB
Installed Size : 288.26 KiB
Packager : Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig)
Build Date : Mon Aug 28 22:28:42 2023
Validated By : MD5 Sum SHA-256 Sum Signature