# Install vulkan-validationlayers with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, zypper Nucleus package metadata for vulkan-validationlayers, from local Automic Vault package sources. Version 1.4.350.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:vulkan-validationlayers ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install vulkan-validationlayers ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install vulkan-validationlayers ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: graphics/vulkan-validationlayers/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install vulkan-validationlayers ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: vulkan-validationlayers from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install vulkan-validationlayers ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vulkan-validationlayers from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:vulkan-validationlayers - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.4.350.1 - **Source summary:** Nucleus package metadata for vulkan-validationlayers, from local Automic Vault package sources. - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Dependencies - glslang - spirv-tools - vulkan-headers - vulkan-loader - vulkan-utility-libraries ## Build dependencies - cmake - spirv-headers ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Caveats: In order to use this layer in a Vulkan application, you may need to place it in the environment with export VK_LAYER_PATH=$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/opt/vulkan-validationlayers/share/vulkan/explicit_layer.d - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.4.350.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-ValidationLayers - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for vulkan-validationlayers. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** vulkan-validationlayers - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - vulkan-validationlayers - 1.4.309.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: vulkan-validationlayers from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Vulkan validation layers | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-ValidationLayers - Ubuntu apt - vulkan-validationlayers - 1.3.275.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: vulkan-validationlayers from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Vulkan validation layers | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-ValidationLayers - zypper - vulkan-validationlayers - 1.4.350-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vulkan-validationlayers from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Validation layers for Vulkan | https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-ValidationLayers - MacPorts - vulkan-validationlayers: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: graphics/vulkan-validationlayers/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts. - [glslang](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glslang/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [spirv-tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/spirv-tools/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [vulkan-extensionlayer](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vulkan-extensionlayer/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: glslang, headers, libraries, spirv, spirv-tools. - [vulkan-profiles](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vulkan-profiles/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: headers, libraries, loader, vulkan, vulkan-headers. - [vulkan-tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/vulkan-tools/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: glslang, headers, loader, vulkan, vulkan-headers. ## Sources - package-page enrichment - package version freshness - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph