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

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "nvidia-vdpau-driver" package

This is a short guide on how to install nvidia-vdpau-driver on Kali Linux


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall nvidia-vdpau-driver on Kali Linux:


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

Package: nvidia-vdpau-driver
Source: nvidia-graphics-drivers
Version: 525.147.05-6
Installed-Size: 1035
Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: vdpau-driver
Depends: libvdpau1 (>= 0.9), nvidia-alternative (= 525.147.05-6), libc6 (>= 2.34), libx11-6, libxext6
Pre-Depends: nvidia-installer-cleanup, nvidia-legacy-check (>= 495)
Recommends: nvidia-kernel-dkms (= 525.147.05-6) | nvidia-kernel-525.147.05 | nvidia-open-kernel-525.147.05 | nvidia-open-kernel-525.147.05
Suggests: nvidia-kernel-dkms (>= 525.147.05) | nvidia-kernel-source (>= 525.147.05) | nvidia-open-kernel-source (>= 525.147.05) | nvidia-open-kernel-source (>= 525.147.05)
Enhances: libvdpau1
Size: 645520
SHA256: 61387483618d7945b3aa9bc16a90344b3946d979c0ca88d37e90b1d1660b0d39
SHA1: fa2c30bf39e58b1884cca08430ac9a390518c925
MD5sum: 5a4cc1ac89200076c8816a2756435cb7
Description: Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix - NVIDIA driver
These libraries provide the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix.
They provide accelerated video playback (incl. H.264) for the supported
graphics cards.
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This package contains the NVIDIA VDPAU driver.
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See /usr/share/doc/nvidia-vdpau-driver/README.txt.gz
for more information.
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Please see the nvidia-kernel-dkms (nvidia-open-kernel-dkms)
or nvidia-kernel-source (nvidia-open-kernel-source) packages
for building the kernel module required by this package.
This will provide nvidia-kernel-525.147.05
(nvidia-open-kernel-525.147.05).
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.nvidia.com
Section: non-free/video
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/non-free/n/nvidia-graphics-drivers/nvidia-vdpau-driver_525.147.05-6_amd64.deb