How To Install renderdoc 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 renderdoc on Ubuntu.
What is renderdoc
renderdoc is:
RenderDoc is a free MIT licensed stand-alone graphics debugger that allows quick and easy single-frame capture and detailed introspection of any application using Vulkan, D3D11, OpenGL & OpenGL ES or D3D12 across Windows 7 - 10, Linux, or Android.
This metapackage installs the qrenderdoc gui application, the renderdoccmd command line tool and python3 renderdoc support.
There are three methods to install renderdoc 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 renderdoc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install renderdoc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install renderdoc
Install renderdoc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install renderdoc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install renderdoc
Install renderdoc 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 renderdoc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install renderdoc
How To Uninstall renderdoc on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the renderdoc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove renderdoc
Uninstall renderdoc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall renderdoc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove renderdoc
Remove renderdoc Configurations and Data
To remove renderdoc configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge renderdoc
Remove renderdoc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove renderdoc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge renderdoc
Dependencies
renderdoc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install renderdoc package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.