How To Install glslang-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glslang-tools
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is glslang-tools
glslang-tools is:
glslang is the official reference compiler front end for the OpenGL ES and OpenGL shading languages. It implements a strict interpretation of the specifications for these languages.
This package includes the validator tools.
There are three methods to install glslang-tools
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install glslang-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 glslang-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install glslang-tools
Install glslang-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install glslang-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install glslang-tools
Install glslang-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 glslang-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install glslang-tools
How To Uninstall glslang-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the glslang-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove glslang-tools
Uninstall glslang-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall glslang-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove glslang-tools
Remove glslang-tools Configurations and Data
To remove glslang-tools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge glslang-tools
Remove glslang-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove glslang-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glslang-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glslang-tools
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.