How to Install and Uninstall nvidia-vaapi-driver Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "nvidia-vaapi-driver" package

Please follow the guidance below to install nvidia-vaapi-driver on Kali Linux


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

Learn how to uninstall nvidia-vaapi-driver on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nvidia-vaapi-driver package on Kali Linux

Package: nvidia-vaapi-driver
Source: nvidia-vaapi-driver (0.0.8-1)
Version: 0.0.8-1+b1
Installed-Size: 99
Maintainer: Lu YaNing
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libva-driver-abi-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libegl1, libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 (>= 1.22.10)
Suggests: libcuda1
Size: 33680
SHA256: 08244eb5adaece5a99927a79d9e7d79ae1623add8f90ad3464be350365fd9147
SHA1: 7499d21ad60ce1b85ef629bf408e06ae45938518
MD5sum: 65c7516ff0a6bdeb2238333d4da0940a
Description: VA-API implementation that uses NVDEC as a backend
nvidia-vaapi-driver is an VA-API(Video Acceleration API)
implementation that uses NVDEC as a backend. This implementation is
specifically designed to be used by Firefox for accelerated decode of
web content.
Description-md5:
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+b1_amd64.deb