How To Install libvkd3d on Fedora 34

libvkd3d is D3D12 to Vulkan translation library D3D12 to Vulkan translation library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvkd3d on Fedora 34.

What is libvkd3d

libvkd3d is the main component of the vkd3d project. It’s a 3D graphics library built on top of Vulkan with an API very similar to Direct3D 12. libvkd3d 1.2 2.fc34 x86_64 142 k vkd3d-1.2-2.fc34.src.rpm fedora D3D12 to Vulkan translation library https LGPLv2+ libvkd3d is the main component of the vkd3d project. It’s a 3D graphics library built on top of Vulkan with an API very similar to Direct3D 12.

We can use yum or dnf to install libvkd3d on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvkd3d.

Install libvkd3d 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 libvkd3d using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvkd3d

Install libvkd3d 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 libvkd3d using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvkd3d

How To Uninstall libvkd3d on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libvkd3d package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libvkd3d

libvkd3d Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/171ec36437d730ad8fc84229c688733f44c537
/usr/lib64/libvkd3d.so.1
/usr/lib64/libvkd3d.so.1.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libvkd3d
/usr/share/doc/libvkd3d/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libvkd3d/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/libvkd3d/README
/usr/share/licenses/libvkd3d
/usr/share/licenses/libvkd3d/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libvkd3d/LICENSE
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/023bc3974d9a2c3efbd14a74fa3826fbc54994
/usr/lib/libvkd3d.so.1
/usr/lib/libvkd3d.so.1.2.0
/usr/share/doc/libvkd3d
/usr/share/doc/libvkd3d/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libvkd3d/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/libvkd3d/README
/usr/share/licenses/libvkd3d
/usr/share/licenses/libvkd3d/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/libvkd3d/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvkd3d on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.