How To Install glslc on Fedora 34

glslc is A command line compiler for GLSL/HLSL to SPIR-V

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glslc on Fedora 34.

What is glslc

A command line compiler for GLSL/HLSL to SPIR-V.

We can use yum or dnf to install glslc on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glslc.

Install glslc on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install glslc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install glslc

Install glslc on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install glslc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glslc

How To Uninstall glslc on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the glslc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove glslc

glslc Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/glslc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/7c95e8f96561fa831bd0b26c5ea89ef45b9b46
/usr/share/doc/glslc
/usr/share/doc/glslc/README.asciidoc
/usr/share/licenses/glslc
/usr/share/licenses/glslc/LICENSE
/usr/bin/glslc
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/d0be2b3fc7914c3b4c5a1d8cf65cbf90b80888
/usr/share/doc/glslc
/usr/share/doc/glslc/README.asciidoc
/usr/share/licenses/glslc
/usr/share/licenses/glslc/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glslc on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.