How to Install and Uninstall nvidia-vaapi-driver Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 29,2024

You can also install and uninstall the nvidia-vaapi-driver on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "nvidia-vaapi-driver" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install nvidia-vaapi-driver on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "nvidia-vaapi-driver" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall nvidia-vaapi-driver on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nvidia-vaapi-driver package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: nvidia-vaapi-driver
Version: 0.0.8-1
Installed-Size: 98
Maintainer: Lu YaNing
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libva-driver-abi-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libegl1, libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 (>= 1.20.4)
Suggests: libcuda1
Description: VA-API implementation that uses NVDEC as a backend
Description-md5: 36282c91d385fc1c38494834bbd36fb4
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver
Section: video
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nvidia-vaapi-driver/nvidia-vaapi-driver_0.0.8-1_amd64.deb
Size: 33180
MD5sum: b263ad03e15ce21f3f3a5c93edb20573
SHA256: 51e07602c887b58edfacaa7914ad0a6b1ed15e53148a45a2a5c186e824cdc962