The Vulkan-Loader package contains a library which provides the Vulkan API and provides core support for graphics drivers for Vulkan.
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Download (HTTP): https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader/archive/vulkan-sdk-1.4.328.1/Vulkan-Loader-vulkan-sdk-1.4.328.1.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: a8125a8d207cb89e5b87ef6e5f843f72
Download size: 1.7 MB
Estimated disk space required: 12 MB
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU
CMake-4.1.2, Vulkan-Headers-1.4.328.1, and Xorg Libraries
Mesa-25.2.2 (for Vulkan drivers)
An Internet connection is needed for some tests of this package. The system certificate store may need to be set up with make-ca-1.16.1 before testing this package.
If this package is being installed on a system where Mesa has already been installed previously, please rebuild Mesa-25.2.2 after this package to install Vulkan graphics drivers.
Install Vulkan-Loader by running the following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
-D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-D CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH=ON \
-G Ninja .. &&
ninja
To run the test suite, issue (note that the command will use git-2.51.2 to download a copy of GoogleTest for building the test suite):
sed "s/'git', 'clone'/&, '--depth=1', '-b', self.commit/" \
-i ../scripts/update_deps.py &&
cmake -D BUILD_TESTS=ON -D UPDATE_DEPS=ON .. &&
ninja &&
ninja test
Now, as the root user:
ninja install
-D
CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_RPATH=ON: This switch makes
cmake remove
hardcoded library search paths (rpath) when installing a binary
executable file or a shared library. This package does not need
rpath once it's installed into the standard location, and rpath may
sometimes cause unwanted effects or even security issues.
-D BUILD_WSI_WAYLAND_SUPPORT=OFF: This
option allows building without Wayland-1.24.0
support.