Created by Kenneth Robinson, last modified on Oct 06, 2026

The instructions below are to install libxcoder by using NETINT’s public repo.

Install libxcoder

The Installation process involves installing libxcoder to initialize the VPU devices and to monitor the usage. This will compile libxcoder and install its tools/shared-libraries/headers to the system.

  1. Install required packages

    sudo apt-get update && \\
sudo apt-get install pkg-config git gcc make g++ yasm nvme-cli

  2. Clone the libxcoder Github repo

    git clone <https://github.com/NETINT-Technologies/netint_libxcoder> && \\
cd netint_libxcoder

  3. Build the libxcoder

    bash build.sh

See options using bash build.sh -h

  1. Verify the installation

pkg-config --modversion xcoder

Additional installation and API information can be found on Github README.