How To Install vulkan-loader on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install vulkan-loader in Fedora 36. vulkan-loader is Vulkan ICD desktop loader

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vulkan-loader on Fedora 36.

What is vulkan-loader

This project provides the Khronos official Vulkan ICD desktop loader for Windows, Linux, and MacOS.

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

Install vulkan-loader 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 vulkan-loader using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vulkan-loader

Install vulkan-loader 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 vulkan-loader using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vulkan-loader

How To Uninstall vulkan-loader on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the vulkan-loader package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vulkan-loader

vulkan-loader Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/vulkan
/etc/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
/etc/vulkan/icd.d
/etc/vulkan/implicit_layer.d
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/75bf311b0c49d52364af3de48811e88e064280
/usr/lib/libvulkan.so.1
/usr/lib/libvulkan.so.1.3.204
/usr/share/doc/vulkan-loader
/usr/share/doc/vulkan-loader/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/vulkan-loader/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/vulkan-loader
/usr/share/licenses/vulkan-loader/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/vulkan
/usr/share/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d
/usr/share/vulkan/implicit_layer.d

References

Summary

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


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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vulkan-loader on Fedora 36.

What is vulkan-loader

This project provides the Khronos official Vulkan ICD desktop loader for Windows, Linux, and MacOS.

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

Install vulkan-loader 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 vulkan-loader using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vulkan-loader

Install vulkan-loader 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 vulkan-loader using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vulkan-loader

How To Uninstall vulkan-loader on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the vulkan-loader package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vulkan-loader

vulkan-loader Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/vulkan
/etc/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
/etc/vulkan/icd.d
/etc/vulkan/implicit_layer.d
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/d359a83dd089e9af8436354b4e3746ffaedb7d
/usr/lib64/libvulkan.so.1
/usr/lib64/libvulkan.so.1.3.204
/usr/share/doc/vulkan-loader
/usr/share/doc/vulkan-loader/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/vulkan-loader/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/vulkan-loader
/usr/share/licenses/vulkan-loader/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/vulkan
/usr/share/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d
/usr/share/vulkan/implicit_layer.d

References

Summary

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