How to Install Vulkan SDK on Mageia – Step by step

Installing

2. 2. Installing Dependencies for Vulkan on Mageia

   Then to Install Dependencies for Vulkan on Mageia
   Simply play:

   sudo urpmi task-c++-devel task-devel
   sudo urpmi cmake git glm libpng16-devel wayland-devel libpciaccess-devel \
   libX11-devel libXpresent-devel libxcb-devel libXrandr-devel \
   libxcb-keysyms-devel libxcb-util-devel libxcb-wm-devel python3

   And if you wish to Build VkConfig then again execute:

   sudo urpmi qt6-base-devel qt6-webengine-devel

3. 3. Downloading Vulkan SDK for Mageia

   Download Vulkan SDK Release for Mageia GNU/Linux

   Get Vulkan API tar.gz for Mageia

   Vulkan SDK Binaries for Mageia

4. 4. Installing Vulkan SDK on Mageia

   Then to Install Vulkan SDK in Mageia
   The Installation simply consists in Extracting the Vulkan SDK in a Location of your Choice on Mageia.
   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 Mageia

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

   nano ~/.bashrc

   And append:

   export VULKAN_SDK=~/vulkanSdk/1.1.[xx.y]/x86_64
   export PATH=$VULKAN_SDK/bin:$PATH
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$VULKAN_SDK/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   export 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 urpmi nano