How To Install vulkan-tools 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 vulkan-tools on Ubuntu.
What is vulkan-tools
vulkan-tools is:
This package provides utilities for Vulkan, including vulkaninfo.
There are three methods to install vulkan-tools 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 vulkan-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vulkan-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vulkan-tools
Install vulkan-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vulkan-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vulkan-tools
Install vulkan-tools 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 vulkan-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vulkan-tools
How To Uninstall vulkan-tools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the vulkan-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vulkan-tools
Uninstall vulkan-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vulkan-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vulkan-tools
Remove vulkan-tools Configurations and Data
To remove vulkan-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vulkan-tools
Remove vulkan-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vulkan-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vulkan-tools
Dependencies
vulkan-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vulkan-tools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.