Information about the package, libvdpau, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libvdpau package is designed for, Wrapper library for the Video Decode and Presentation API.
Package Name:
libvdpau
Summary:
Wrapper library for the Video Decode and Presentation API
Description:
VDPAU is the Video Decode and Presentation API for UNIX. It provides an interface to video decode acceleration and presentation hardware present in modern GPUs.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.9
Release:
1.el6
Size:
29 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the libvdpau package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libvdpau
This command will install libvdpau on the server.
yum remove libvdpau
This command will un-install libvdpau on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libvdpau, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libvdpau
This command will un-install libvdpau on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libvdpau when using the -y flag.
yum update libvdpau
This command will update libvdpau to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libvdpau, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libvdpau
This command will update libvdpau to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libvdpau when using the -y flag.
yum info libvdpau
This command will show you core information about the libvdpau package.
yum deplist libvdpau
This command will show you the dependencies for libvdpau. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update libvdpau
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libvdpau. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.