[spookybathtub]

I'm running a clean installation of Kodibuntu. Just upgraded to 14.1. I see that there are a few packages which are being kept back by apt-get.

Code:

$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  libva1 linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.

In particular I'm interested in libva1, because VDPAU is very important for Kodi on my lower power ION system. Is there any reason not to upgrade? I currently have version 1.3.0 installed, and it says 1.4.0 is available. It looks like this would install two new packages va-driver-all and vdpau-va-driver. I like to be on the latest version, but I want to know if there's some reason Kodibuntu chose to leave this out.

Code:

$ apt-get -s upgrade libva1
NOTE: This is only a simulation!
      apt-get needs root privileges for real execution.
      Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated,
      so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation!
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  va-driver-all vdpau-va-driver
The following packages have been kept back:
  linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libva1
1 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Inst libva1 [1.3.0-2] (1.4.0~trusty Ubuntu Multimedia for Trusty:14.04/trusty [amd64])
Inst vdpau-va-driver (0.7.3-2ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty-updates [amd64])
Inst va-driver-all (1.4.0~trusty Ubuntu Multimedia for Trusty:14.04/trusty [amd64])
Conf libva1 (1.4.0~trusty Ubuntu Multimedia for Trusty:14.04/trusty [amd64])
Conf vdpau-va-driver (0.7.3-2ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty-updates [amd64])
Conf va-driver-all (1.4.0~trusty Ubuntu Multimedia for Trusty:14.04/trusty [amd64])

[fritsch]

libva is the intel vaapi library

has nothing to do with your vdpau. From the packages I see there, you don't need to update anything. For vdpau only: libvdpau1 and for information purposes vdpauinfo are relevant.

[spookybathtub]

Oh ok thanks. So is there any reason not to upgrade libva1? I just don't like a cluttered list of things being "kept back".

[wsnipex]

you can just uninstall it, since you do not need it on nvidia

[spookybathtub]

I don't think so... It has many dependents, including kodi and ffmpeg.

Code:

$ apt-get remove libva1 -s
NOTE: This is only a simulation!
      apt-get needs root privileges for real execution.
      Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated,
      so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation!
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  i965-va-driver libafpclient0 libao-common libao4 libglew1.10 libmicrohttpd10
  libmysqlclient18 libpcrecpp0 libsdl2-2.0-0 libshairplay0 libshairport1
  libssh-4 libtinyxml2.6.2 libva-drm1 libva-intel-vaapi-driver mysql-common
  python-bluez ttf-dejavu-core ttf-liberation
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  ffmpeg gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad kodi kodi-bin
  libavcodec54 libavformat54 libchromaprint0 libopencv-contrib2.4
  libopencv-highgui2.4 libopencv-legacy2.4 libopencv-objdetect2.4
  libva-wayland1 libva-x11-1 libva1 vainfo
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 16 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

[fritsch]

Then just keep it. Upgrade it if you really want - but make sure to disable VAAPI within kodi.