How to Install and Uninstall nvidia-vaapi-driver Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: March 03,2025

1. Install "nvidia-vaapi-driver" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install nvidia-vaapi-driver on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall nvidia-vaapi-driver on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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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 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: nvidia-vaapi-driver
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.0.5-1
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: 78
Depends: libva-driver-abi-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libegl1, libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 (>= 1.20.2)
Suggests: libcuda1
Filename: pool/universe/n/nvidia-vaapi-driver/nvidia-vaapi-driver_0.0.5-1_amd64.deb
Size: 26066
MD5sum: c6eb182f9fd3c07c019a483d472a4c94
SHA1: d43ea906d9e50eae5446916e9fb2ce69020baf6a
SHA256: 8b192117ee9960eaaa63435bcb7faacd7511872d023b62b0b23d05415a13db1b
SHA512: c72713eef06387201e58efb186644a6380c24343eed7b43e9cc9de469a1f70319f17354b7a7dc1e9f7b8d35f38b62807fb61c1e4496a9f62389d85e3ff3a9849
Homepage: https://github.com/elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver
Description: VA-API implementation that uses NVDEC as a backend
Description-md5: 36282c91d385fc1c38494834bbd36fb4