How To Install libnvidia-glvkspirv on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-glvkspirv on Debian 12.
What is libnvidia-glvkspirv
libnvidia-glvkspirv is:
Vulkan is a multivendor open standard by the Khronos Group for 3D graphics.
This library provides a NVIDIA Vulkan Spir-V compiler which reduces shader compilation time and shader system memory consumption.
This package contains the private Spir-V compiler libraries used by the NVIDIA implementation of Vulkan.
There are three methods to install libnvidia-glvkspirv on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnvidia-glvkspirv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-glvkspirv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnvidia-glvkspirv
Install libnvidia-glvkspirv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-glvkspirv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnvidia-glvkspirv
Install libnvidia-glvkspirv Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libnvidia-glvkspirv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnvidia-glvkspirv
How To Uninstall libnvidia-glvkspirv on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libnvidia-glvkspirv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnvidia-glvkspirv
Uninstall libnvidia-glvkspirv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnvidia-glvkspirv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnvidia-glvkspirv
Remove libnvidia-glvkspirv Configurations and Data
To remove libnvidia-glvkspirv configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnvidia-glvkspirv
Remove libnvidia-glvkspirv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnvidia-glvkspirv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnvidia-glvkspirv
Dependencies
libnvidia-glvkspirv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnvidia-glvkspirv package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
