How To Install vulkan-utils on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install vulkan-utils on Ubuntu 20.04. vulkan-utils is transitional package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vulkan-utils on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is vulkan-utils

vulkan-utils is:

This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.

There are three methods to install vulkan-utils on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install vulkan-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vulkan-utils

Install vulkan-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vulkan-utils

Install vulkan-utils 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 vulkan-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vulkan-utils

How To Uninstall vulkan-utils on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove vulkan-utils

Uninstall vulkan-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vulkan-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vulkan-utils

Remove vulkan-utils Configurations and Data

To remove vulkan-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vulkan-utils

Remove vulkan-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vulkan-utils

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vulkan-utils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.