How To Install spirv-cross on Debian 12

Learn how to install spirv-cross on Debian 12 with this tutorial. spirv-cross is Convert SPIR-V to other shader languages (CLI tool)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install spirv-cross on Debian 12.

What is spirv-cross

spirv-cross 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 CLI tool.

There are three methods to install spirv-cross 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 spirv-cross Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install spirv-cross

Install spirv-cross Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install spirv-cross

Install spirv-cross 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 spirv-cross using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install spirv-cross

How To Uninstall spirv-cross on Debian 12

To uninstall only the spirv-cross package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove spirv-cross

Uninstall spirv-cross And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spirv-cross

Remove spirv-cross Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge spirv-cross

Remove spirv-cross configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spirv-cross

Dependencies

spirv-cross have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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