How To Install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev is Convert SPIR-V to other shader languages (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev on Debian 12.

What is libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev

libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev is:

SPIRV-Cross is a tool designed for parsing and converting SPIR-V to other shader languages:

  • Convert SPIR-V to readable, usable and efficient GLSL
  • Convert SPIR-V to readable, usable and efficient MSL
  • Convert SPIR-V to readable, usable and efficient HLSL
  • Reflection API to simplify the creation of Vulkan pipeline layouts
  • Reflection API to modify and tweak OpDecorations
  • Supports “all” of vertex, fragment, tessellation, geometry and compute shaders

This package provides the development files for libspirv-cross-c-shared.

There are three methods to install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev 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 libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev

Install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev

Install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev 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 libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev

How To Uninstall libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev

Uninstall libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev

Remove libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev

Remove libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev

Dependencies

libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libspirv-cross-c-shared-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.