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

Last updated: March 17,2025

You can also install and uninstall the vulkan-validationlayers-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 "vulkan-validationlayers-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install vulkan-validationlayers-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "vulkan-validationlayers-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall vulkan-validationlayers-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: vulkan-validationlayers-dev
Source: vulkan-validationlayers
Version: 1.3.239.0-2
Installed-Size: 12173
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libvulkan-dev (<< 1.1.82.0)
Depends: vulkan-validationlayers (= 1.3.239.0-2), libxxhash-dev
Breaks: libvulkan-dev (<< 1.1.82.0)
Description: Vulkan validation layers -- development files
Description-md5: b9807aa2da346a032ffef95ebe9ae938
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-ValidationLayers
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/vulkan-validationlayers/vulkan-validationlayers-dev_1.3.239.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 801224
MD5sum: 1446bb87261b556645f5ecae4f0ebc76
SHA256: 6811c7d2cea75c264f367c4301f6ebc75ed38776ec45dd2b524af433d7c5adc3