How To Install primus-vk on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install primus-vk on Kali Linux. primus-vk is Vulkan layer for GPU offloading

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install primus-vk on Kali Linux.

What is primus-vk

primus-vk is:

Typically you want to display an image rendered on a more powerful GPU on a display managed by an internal GPU. The layer in this package will direct rendering commands to a dedicated, more powerful GPU an when such an image is displayed it will be copied to the integrated CPU for displaying.

The user can activate offloading for individual applications by launching them with the “pvkrun” program.

There are three methods to install primus-vk on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install primus-vk Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install primus-vk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install primus-vk

Install primus-vk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install primus-vk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install primus-vk

Install primus-vk Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install primus-vk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install primus-vk

How To Uninstall primus-vk on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the primus-vk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove primus-vk

Uninstall primus-vk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall primus-vk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove primus-vk

Remove primus-vk Configurations and Data

To remove primus-vk configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge primus-vk

Remove primus-vk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove primus-vk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge primus-vk

Dependencies

primus-vk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install primus-vk package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.