How to Install Vulkan SDK on openSUSE – Step by step

Installing

2. 2. Installing Dependencies for Vulkan on OpenSUSE

   Then to Install Dependencies for Vulkan on OpenSUSE
   Simply play:

   sudo zypper install -t pattern devel_basis
   sudo zypper install glm cmake libpng16-devel wayland-devel libpciaccess-devel libX11-devel libXpresent-devel libxcb-devel libXrandr-devel libxcb-keysyms-devel libxcb-util-devel libxcb-wm-devel python3 git

   And if you wish to Build VkConfig then again execute:

   sudo zypper install libqt6-qtbase-devel libqt6-qtwebengine-devel

3. 3. Downloading Vulkan SDK for OpenSUSE

   Download Vulkan SDK Release for OpenSUSE GNU/Linux

   Get Vulkan API tar.gz for OpenSUSE

   Vulkan SDK Binaries for OpenSUSE

4. 4. Installing Vulkan SDK on OpenSUSE

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

   Finally, to make it available Setup Path for Vulkan on OpenSUSE
   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 zypper install nano