How To Install vulkan-validationlayers on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vulkan-validationlayers on Kali Linux.
What is vulkan-validationlayers
vulkan-validationlayers is:
This project provides the Khronos official Vulkan validation layers.
This package includes the loader library.
There are three methods to install vulkan-validationlayers on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vulkan-validationlayers Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vulkan-validationlayers using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vulkan-validationlayersInstall vulkan-validationlayers Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vulkan-validationlayers using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vulkan-validationlayersInstall vulkan-validationlayers Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install vulkan-validationlayers using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vulkan-validationlayersHow To Uninstall vulkan-validationlayers on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the vulkan-validationlayers package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vulkan-validationlayersUninstall vulkan-validationlayers And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vulkan-validationlayers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vulkan-validationlayersRemove vulkan-validationlayers Configurations and Data
To remove vulkan-validationlayers configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vulkan-validationlayersRemove vulkan-validationlayers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vulkan-validationlayers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vulkan-validationlayersDependencies
vulkan-validationlayers have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vulkan-validationlayers package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.