glslangValidator command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

glslangValidator: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: glslangValidator: command not found

Solutions to glslangValidator: command not found

How To Fix glslangValidator: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu glslangValidator is provided by glslang-tools package.

glslang-tools is:

glslang is the official reference compiler front end for the OpenGL ES and OpenGL shading languages. It implements a strict interpretation of the specifications for these languages.

This package includes the validator tools.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install glslang-tools

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install glslang-tools.

sudo apt -y install glslang-tools

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install glslang-tools

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix glslangValidator command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.