How to Install Vulkan SDK on Fedora 40 – Step-by-step

Installing

2. 2. Installing Dependencies for Vulkan on Fedora

   Then to Install Dependencies for Vulkan on Fedora
   Simply play:

   sudo dnf install @development-tools glm-devel cmake libpng-devel wayland-devel libpciaccess-devel libX11-devel libXpresent libxcb xcb-util libxcb-devel libXrandr-devel xcb-util-keysyms-devel xcb-util-wm-devel python git

   And if you wish to Build VkConfig then again execute:

   sudo dnf install qt qt5-qtwebengine-devel

3. 3. Downloading Vulkan SDK for Fedora

   Download Vulkan SDK Release for Fedora GNU/Linux

   Get Vulkan API tar.gz for Fedora

   Vulkan SDK Binaries for Fedora

4. 4. Installing Vulkan SDK on Fedora

   Then to Install Vulkan SDK in Fedora
   The Installation simply consists in Extracting the Vulkan SDK in a Location of your Choice on Fedora.
   Here is shown a Local Installation; for a System-Wide Setup, use the sudo Command and Fix Permissions accordingly.
   So, first to Make the Target directory play:

   mkdir ~/vulkanSdk

   Then to decompress it into the Target folder use:

   tar xvzf ~/vulkansdk*tar.gz -C ~/vulkanSdk

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.

5. 5. Setting Up Path for Vulkan on Fedora

   Finally, to make it available Setup Path for Vulkan on Fedora
   Editing the User’s Bash Config File:

   nano ~/.bashrc

   And append:

   export VULKAN_SDK=~/vulkanSdk/1.1.[xx.y]/x86_64/nexport PATH=$VULKAN_SDK/bin:$PATH/nexport LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$VULKAN_SDK/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH/nexport VK_LAYER_PATH=$VULKAN_SDK/etc/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
   

   Just Replace [xx.y] with the Current Version in the above Command.
   Ctrl+x to Save & exit from nano Editor.
   If no nano then first execute:

   sudo dnf install nano