How To Install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev on Ubuntu.
What is libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev
libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev is:
SPIRV-Cross is a tool designed for parsing and converting SPIR-V to other shader languages:
- Convert SPIR-V to readable, usable and efficient GLSL
- Convert SPIR-V to readable, usable and efficient MSL
- Convert SPIR-V to readable, usable and efficient HLSL
- Reflection API to simplify the creation of Vulkan pipeline layouts
- Reflection API to modify and tweak OpDecorations
- Supports “all” of vertex, fragment, tessellation, geometry and compute shaders
This package provides the development files for libspirv-cross-c-shared.
There are three methods to install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev
Install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev
Install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev
How To Uninstall libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev
Uninstall libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev
Remove libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev
Remove libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev
Dependencies
libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.