How To Install mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers in Fedora 36. mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers is MinGW Windows vulkan-validation-layers library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers on Fedora 36.

What is `mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers`

MinGW Windows vulkan-validation-layers library.

We can use yum or dnf to install mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers.

Install mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers

Install mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers

How To Uninstall mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers

mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers
/usr/share/doc/mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers
/usr/share/licenses/mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers/LICENSE.txt
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/bin/libVkLayer_khronos_validation.dll
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/VkLayer_khronos_validation.json
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libVkLayer_khronos_validation.dll.a
/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib/libVkLayer_utils.a

References

mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mingw64-vulkan-validation-layers on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).