How To Install libvkd3d-headers on Debian 12

Learn how to install libvkd3d-headers on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libvkd3d-headers is Direct3D 12 to Vulkan translation - header files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvkd3d-headers on Debian 12.

What is libvkd3d-headers

libvkd3d-headers is:

3D graphics library that provides an API similar to Direct3D 12 built on top of the Vulkan library.

This package provides the header files used to build applications using vkd3d.

There are three methods to install libvkd3d-headers 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 libvkd3d-headers Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libvkd3d-headers using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvkd3d-headers

Install libvkd3d-headers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvkd3d-headers using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvkd3d-headers

Install libvkd3d-headers 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 libvkd3d-headers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvkd3d-headers

How To Uninstall libvkd3d-headers on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libvkd3d-headers package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvkd3d-headers

Uninstall libvkd3d-headers And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvkd3d-headers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvkd3d-headers

Remove libvkd3d-headers Configurations and Data

To remove libvkd3d-headers configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvkd3d-headers

Remove libvkd3d-headers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvkd3d-headers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvkd3d-headers

Dependencies

libvkd3d-headers have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvkd3d-headers package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.