vulkan-validationlayers
brew install vulkan-validationlayers
v1.4.350.1
Apache-2.0
Vulkan layers that enable developers to verify correct use of the Vulkan API
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-ValidationLayers
- GitHub: KhronosGroup/Vulkan-ValidationLayers
- Brew formula source: Formula/v/vulkan-validationlayers.rb
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
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