How To Install libvulkan1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvulkan1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvulkan1
libvulkan1 is:
The Loader implements the main VK library. It handles layer management and driver management. The loader fully supports multi-gpu operation. As part of this, it dispatches API calls to the correct driver, and to the correct layers, based on the GPU object selected by the application.
This package includes the loader library.
There are three methods to install libvulkan1 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvulkan1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvulkan1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvulkan1
Install libvulkan1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvulkan1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvulkan1
Install libvulkan1 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libvulkan1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvulkan1
How To Uninstall libvulkan1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvulkan1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvulkan1
Uninstall libvulkan1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvulkan1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvulkan1
Remove libvulkan1 Configurations and Data
To remove libvulkan1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvulkan1
Remove libvulkan1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvulkan1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvulkan1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvulkan1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
