How to Install and Uninstall libvulkan-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libvulkan-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "libvulkan-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libvulkan-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "libvulkan-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libvulkan-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libvulkan-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libvulkan-dev
Source: vulkan-loader
Version: 1.3.239.0-1
Installed-Size: 20721
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: vulkan-headers, vulkan-sdk-headers
Depends: libvulkan1 (= 1.3.239.0-1), python3:any
Breaks: vulkan-headers, vulkan-sdk-headers
Description: Vulkan loader library -- development files
Description-md5: 037cce5ca6a3bf8610b524ff26253723
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Loader
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/vulkan-loader/libvulkan-dev_1.3.239.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1115368
MD5sum: 87fb8954850f813841714c373865ba09
SHA256: 1a3dcf32a47524edfe5eef97bfdb0766fe656f4ae6c5e999291c6a7eb2f07655