How to Install and Uninstall vdpauinfo Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "vdpauinfo" package

This is a short guide on how to install vdpauinfo on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                vdpauinfo
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "vdpauinfo" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall vdpauinfo on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                vdpauinfo
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the vdpauinfo package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: vdpauinfo
Priority: extra
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 54
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian NVIDIA Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libvdpau1 (>= 0.2), libx11-6
Filename: pool/universe/v/vdpauinfo/vdpauinfo_1.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 9724
MD5sum: 6ebb8e28e7fc8ceb5c4206c6df7cf514
SHA1: 4a1843662ad6d6408dd4838fcb3f584ffb709da8
SHA256: 0a0edff331f21a09cfb86a0860c312b042663be1a511e9e7006cdb618e0497c0
Description-en: Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (vdpauinfo utility)
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 vdpauinfo utility.
Description-md5: 12588f7845cb2b505fb247fe7b908aaf
Homepage: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~aplattner/vdpauinfo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu