How To Install renderdoc on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install renderdoc in Fedora 36. renderdoc is A stand-alone graphics debugging tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install renderdoc on Fedora 36.

What is `renderdoc`

A free MIT licensed stand-alone graphics debugger that allows quick and easy single-frame capture and detailed introspection of any application using Vulkan, OpenGL.

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

Install renderdoc 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 renderdoc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install renderdoc

Install renderdoc 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 renderdoc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install renderdoc

How To Uninstall renderdoc on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove renderdoc

renderdoc Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/qrenderdoc
/usr/bin/renderdoccmd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/0492211f5ea210fa41aa64085901bcb2ceb300
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/b6cff4ec3d88f645e055e49bf0c0df7c28f5a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/c2ee861298105444fcd20a52488e29ffb350d5
/usr/lib64/renderdoc/librenderdoc.so
/usr/share/applications/renderdoc.desktop
/usr/share/doc/renderdoc
/usr/share/doc/renderdoc/LICENSE.md
/usr/share/doc/renderdoc/README
/usr/share/doc/renderdoc/magic
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes/application-x-renderdoc-capture.svg
/usr/share/licenses/renderdoc
/usr/share/licenses/renderdoc/LICENSE.md
/usr/share/mime/packages/renderdoc-capture.xml
/usr/share/pixmaps/renderdoc-icon-16x16.xpm
/usr/share/pixmaps/renderdoc-icon-32x32.xpm
/usr/share/thumbnailers/renderdoc.thumbnailer
/usr/share/vulkan/implicit_layer.d/renderdoc_capture.json

References

renderdoc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install renderdoc on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).