How to Install and Uninstall mesa-vdpau-drivers Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "mesa-vdpau-drivers" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install mesa-vdpau-drivers on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mesa-vdpau-drivers
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "mesa-vdpau-drivers" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall mesa-vdpau-drivers on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mesa-vdpau-drivers
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the mesa-vdpau-drivers package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: mesa-vdpau-drivers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 21.2.2-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: mesa
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 11904
Provides: vdpau-driver
Depends: libvdpau1, libc6 (>= 2.34), libdrm-amdgpu1 (>= 2.4.105), libdrm-nouveau2 (>= 2.4.66), libdrm-radeon1 (>= 2.4.31), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75), libelf1 (>= 0.142), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libllvm12, libstdc++6 (>= 11), libx11-xcb1 (>= 2:1.7.2), libxcb-dri2-0 (>= 1.8), libxcb-dri3-0, libxcb-present0, libxcb-sync1, libxcb-xfixes0, libxcb1 (>= 1.9.2), libxshmfence1, libzstd1 (>= 1.4.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Enhances: libvdpau1
Filename: pool/main/m/mesa/mesa-vdpau-drivers_21.2.2-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 3292886
MD5sum: dad98be5f2addb640f35953a8c0653ac
SHA1: aa98a62224b9b1c6864876699d19922f9117b36a
SHA256: a72e48b87ca83b840256b888ba7e3c4a16690513dfc41f0b71b994918a97ff7e
SHA512: 5453e5722e1fff2f82faa9e9140cf14ff12e92944a619364f8727196532123d13a71f4619807927d341d7e33154a1b80f41b039412cc3acbeee870275fe7b1e5
Homepage: https://mesa3d.org/
Description-en: Mesa VDPAU video acceleration drivers
These libraries provide the Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix.
They provide accelerated video playback (incl. H.264) and video
post-processing for the supported graphics cards.
.
This package enables support for VDPAU for some gallium drivers.
Description-md5: 19cfba61e1be17ccf30d9c5bb9ec109a
Task: kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi