How To Install vulkan-loader on CentOS 8
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.