Setup Vulkan SDK on Ubuntu

setup_vulkan_sdk.sh

#!/usr/bin/bash

# Script version of "Getting Started with the Linux Tarball Vulkan SDK" guide @ https://vulkan.lunarg.com/doc/sdk/1.4.335.0/linux/getting_started.html.
# Targets Ubuntu, tested to be working on Ubuntu 25.10.
# Source of truth for Vulkan SDK version and checksum @ https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home#linux.

EXPECTED_SHA256_CHECKSUM="ccab8047f33ef848e3928c7fdd19987b35da3085ad20178f473acc230fa3c5f2"
VULKAN_SDK_VERSION="1.4.335.0"
VULKAN_SDK_TARBALL_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://sdk.lunarg.com/sdk/download/${VULKAN_SDK_VERSION}/linux/vulkansdk-linux-x86_64-${VULKAN_SDK_VERSION}.tar.xz"
VULKAN_SDK_TARBALL=$(realpath vulkansdk-linux-x86_64-${VULKAN_SDK_VERSION}.tar.xz)

wget -nc -O $VULKAN_SDK_TARBALL $VULKAN_SDK_TARBALL_DOWNLOAD_URL
COMPUTED_SHA256_CHECKSUM=$(sha256sum "$VULKAN_SDK_TARBALL" | awk '{print $1}')

if [[ "$COMPUTED_SHA256_CHECKSUM" != "$EXPECTED_SHA256_CHECKSUM" ]]; then
    echo "FAILED: Checksum mismatch for $VULKAN_SDK_TARBALL."
    echo "  Expected: $EXPECTED_SHA256_CHECKSUM"
    echo "  Computed: $COMPUTED_SHA256_CHECKSUM"
    exit 1
fi

sudo apt-get install libxcb-xinput0 libxcb-xinerama0 libxcb-cursor-dev -y

pushd ~
rm -rf .vulkan
mkdir .vulkan
pushd .vulkan

tar xf $VULKAN_SDK_TARBALL
VULKAN_RUNTIME_ENV_FILE=$(realpath $VULKAN_SDK_VERSION/setup-env.sh)

source $VULKAN_RUNTIME_ENV_FILE
echo "" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "source $VULKAN_RUNTIME_ENV_FILE" >> ~/.bashrc

popd
popd

vulkaninfo
vkcube

echo "✅ Vulkan SDK installed!"
echo "ℹ️ Open a new SHELL to load all environment variables."
echo "⛔ For uninstalling Vulkan SDK, run 'rm -rf ~/.vulkan' and then remove the line 'source $VULKAN_RUNTIME_ENV_FILE' from '~/.bashrc' file."

• Clone and execute the script

git clone https://gist.github.com/566f30505beccebf0fe497ac4b92ee3e.git
pushd 566f30505beccebf0fe497ac4b92ee3e
chmod +x setup_vulkan_sdk.sh
./setup_vulkan_sdk.sh
popd

• Open a new SHELL and check by running

vulkaninfo

For installing the latest version, check version and checksum @ https://vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home#linux.

For installing Vulkan driver, see the guide @ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-vulkan-on-ubuntu-24-04-or-22-04-lts-linux/