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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "vdpau-va-driver" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install vdpau-va-driver on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                vdpau-va-driver
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "vdpau-va-driver" package

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


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

Package: vdpau-va-driver
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 115
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Multimedia Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: vdpau-video
Version: 0.7.4-5
Provides: va-driver
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libx11-6, libva-driver-abi-0.39 | libva-driver-abi-0.31
Filename: pool/universe/v/vdpau-video/vdpau-va-driver_0.7.4-5_amd64.deb
Size: 41064
MD5sum: 8362265530432f1de9c3db031b0b8779
SHA1: a588ba174845611fb74bbcfd975e39a266d6277c
SHA256: 1a06db0ef5a71088e21cff1debfd2a9abccf62e08cd0abe52f0aaafd66189c2f
Description-en: VDPAU-based backend for VA API
The VA-API (Video Acceleration API) enables hardware accelerated video
decode/encode at various entry-points (VLD, IDCT, Motion Compensation
etc.) for the prevailing coding standards today (MPEG-2, MPEG-4
ASP/H.263, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, and VC-1/VMW3). It provides an interface
to fully expose the video decode capabilities in today's GPUs.
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This package contains the VDPAU-based backend driver for use with the VA API
library.
Description-md5: 0307608e0cb547dec167ffd342fff3f4
Enhances: libva1
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/vaapi/
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