How to Install and Uninstall libvdpau-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "libvdpau-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libvdpau-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libvdpau-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libvdpau-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libvdpau-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 libvdpau-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libvdpau-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 204
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: libvdpau
Version: 1.1.1-3ubuntu1
Depends: libvdpau1 (= 1.1.1-3ubuntu1), libx11-dev
Suggests: libvdpau-doc
Filename: pool/main/libv/libvdpau/libvdpau-dev_1.1.1-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 35772
MD5sum: f5b033f0789b60722c6ba266a9073df3
SHA1: e1c7095dc112c0867c0f2b69807d0dde8a28eaed
SHA256: 70097bef62743fbf51951c87d179f56e549fb30fa99c433e4c23e2946c1aa7a1
Description-en: Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (development files)
VDPAU (Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix) is an open source
library (libvdpau) and API designed by NVIDIA originally for its GeForce
8 series and later GPU hardware, targeted at the X Window System on Unix
operating-systems (including Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris). This VDPAU API
allows video programs to offload portions of the video decoding process
and video post-processing to the GPU video-hardware.
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This package contains the files necessary for development with VDPAU.
Description-md5: f8e43b3dc3e8300c9319b4c1cbee57f6
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~aplattner/libvdpau
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m