How To Install vulkan-validationlayers-dev on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vulkan-validationlayers-dev on Debian 11.
What is vulkan-validationlayers-dev
vulkan-validationlayers-dev is:
This project provides the Khronos official Vulkan validation layers.
This package includes files needed for development.
There are three methods to install vulkan-validationlayers-dev on Debian 11. 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-validationlayers-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 vulkan-validationlayers-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vulkan-validationlayers-dev
Install vulkan-validationlayers-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vulkan-validationlayers-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vulkan-validationlayers-dev
Install vulkan-validationlayers-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install vulkan-validationlayers-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vulkan-validationlayers-dev
How To Uninstall vulkan-validationlayers-dev on Debian 11
To uninstall only the vulkan-validationlayers-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vulkan-validationlayers-dev
Uninstall vulkan-validationlayers-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vulkan-validationlayers-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vulkan-validationlayers-dev
Remove vulkan-validationlayers-dev Configurations and Data
To remove vulkan-validationlayers-dev configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vulkan-validationlayers-dev
Remove vulkan-validationlayers-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vulkan-validationlayers-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vulkan-validationlayers-dev
Dependencies
vulkan-validationlayers-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vulkan-validationlayers-dev package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
