How To Install vulkan-loader on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install vulkan-loader on CentOS 8. vulkan-loader is Vulkan ICD desktop loader

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vulkan-loader on CentOS 8.

What is vulkan-loader

This project provides the Khronos official Vulkan ICD desktop loader for Windows, Linux, and MacOS. This project provides the Khronos official Vulkan ICD desktop loader for Windows, Linux, and MacOS.

We can use yum or dnf to install vulkan-loader on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vulkan-loader.

Install vulkan-loader on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install vulkan-loader using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vulkan-loader

Install vulkan-loader on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install vulkan-loader using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vulkan-loader

How To Uninstall vulkan-loader on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the vulkan-loader package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vulkan-loader

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vulkan-loader on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.