How To Install libgulkan-0.15-0 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgulkan-0.15-0 on Kali Linux.

What is libgulkan-0.15-0

libgulkan-0.15-0 is:

GLib library for Vulkan abstraction. It provides classes for handling a Vulkan instances, devices, shaders and initialize textures from GLib image structures and DMA buffers.

This package includes the loader library.

There are three methods to install libgulkan-0.15-0 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgulkan-0.15-0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgulkan-0.15-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgulkan-0.15-0

Install libgulkan-0.15-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgulkan-0.15-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgulkan-0.15-0

Install libgulkan-0.15-0 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libgulkan-0.15-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgulkan-0.15-0

How To Uninstall libgulkan-0.15-0 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libgulkan-0.15-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgulkan-0.15-0

Uninstall libgulkan-0.15-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgulkan-0.15-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgulkan-0.15-0

Remove libgulkan-0.15-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libgulkan-0.15-0 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgulkan-0.15-0

Remove libgulkan-0.15-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgulkan-0.15-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgulkan-0.15-0

Dependencies

libgulkan-0.15-0 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcairo2
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgraphene-1.0-0
• libvulkan1

References

• libgulkan-0.15-0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgulkan-0.15-0 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.