How to Install and Uninstall mesa-vdpau-drivers Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "mesa-vdpau-drivers" package

Please follow the instructions below to install mesa-vdpau-drivers on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "mesa-vdpau-drivers" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall mesa-vdpau-drivers on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                mesa-vdpau-drivers
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mesa-vdpau-drivers package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mesa-vdpau-drivers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: mesa
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 23992
Provides: vdpau-driver
Depends: libvdpau1, libc6 (>= 2.17), libdrm-amdgpu1 (>= 2.4.89), libdrm-nouveau2 (>= 2.4.66), libdrm-radeon1 (>= 2.4.31), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.75), libelf1 (>= 0.142), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libllvm6.0 (>= 1:6.0~svn298832-1~), libsensors4 (>= 1:3.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libx11-xcb1, libxcb-dri2-0 (>= 1.8), libxcb-dri3-0, libxcb-present0, libxcb-sync1, libxcb-xfixes0, libxcb1 (>= 1.9.2), libxshmfence1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Enhances: libvdpau1
Filename: pool/main/m/mesa/mesa-vdpau-drivers_18.0.5-0ubuntu0~16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1967076
MD5sum: 2254aca043052772c03b096618115618
SHA1: f93d02b5785128454003fa9d5e8673f2754915cb
SHA256: 849ce33fe41917f73bd3cf54dd2444a32afb8468b13ece0f1d45e673add3222d
SHA512: af936b6627b12a9068898e0ca95a6123b49b4530c95b9fe4986649d23a314d8daa7e778922567a2672d2533d36deca0c926901ec684f674ca3bbfe846b9dd08f
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.
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This package enables support for VDPAU for some gallium drivers.
Description-md5: 19cfba61e1be17ccf30d9c5bb9ec109a
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntukylin-desktop
Supported: 5y

Package: mesa-vdpau-drivers
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 19840
Maintainer: Ubuntu X-SWAT
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Source: mesa
Version: 11.2.0-1ubuntu2
Provides: vdpau-driver
Depends: libvdpau1, libc6 (>= 2.17), libdrm-amdgpu1 (>= 2.4.63), libdrm-nouveau2 (>= 2.4.66), libdrm-radeon1 (>= 2.4.31), libdrm2 (>= 2.4.38), libelf1 (>= 0.142), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libllvm3.8, libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libx11-xcb1, libxcb-dri2-0 (>= 1.8), libxcb1
Filename: pool/main/m/mesa/mesa-vdpau-drivers_11.2.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 1517524
MD5sum: e74d9cfa85bc326e53a77aa6abae6476
SHA1: 8c7bb6a3c629a911fdefc95d16b97d5892afdf00
SHA256: 9ff281dbe705a7c795efcd7d5cf18b839e43bfcd319d476af4235f97827806c7
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
Enhances: libvdpau1
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://mesa3d.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntukylin-desktop