How to Install and Uninstall nvidia-vaapi-driver Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "nvidia-vaapi-driver" package

Please follow the steps below to install nvidia-vaapi-driver on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall nvidia-vaapi-driver on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: nvidia-vaapi-driver
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.0.8-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/video
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Lu YaNing
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 94
Depends: libva-driver-abi-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libegl1, libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 (>= 1.20.4)
Suggests: libcuda1
Filename: pool/universe/n/nvidia-vaapi-driver/nvidia-vaapi-driver_0.0.8-1_amd64.deb
Size: 34966
MD5sum: 27e8047059b970f332cc81cff17b650d
SHA1: a7be5fde40292953283d91f8a64f972189aecdc0
SHA256: f1483b80e5606c520a7ea18cd9ac57f1c23fdc2e093f2cea2afd73c290f6d356
SHA512: dbd2aab1b6145722132464a798450d337d92213eb467da85ee216cb3430286914b94a745712d94c4344a1f8b139c673476a7763917b049438fd44c95e1bbaaa1
Homepage: https://github.com/elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver
Description: VA-API implementation that uses NVDEC as a backend
Description-md5: 36282c91d385fc1c38494834bbd36fb4