Install Mesa Vulkan Drivers on Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat)

vulkan-ubuntu.md

If a Vulkan build of a GPU application like llama.cpp or stable-diffusion.cpp cannot find your graphics card, you need updated Mesa Vulkan drivers.

Mesa Vulkan drivers are open-source user-space drivers that translate Vulkan API calls into instructions your GPU can execute.

To install the latest drivers on Ubuntu, use the Kisak Mesa PPA. Kisak is a developer at Valve.

Prerequisites

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y ppa-purge software-properties-common vulkan-tools

Add the PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kisak/kisak-mesa

Upgrade Drivers

sudo apt full-upgrade -y

Reboot

sudo reboot

Verify

After rebooting, run vulkaninfo --summary and you should see something like this:

Devices:
========
GPU0:
        apiVersion         = 1.2.348
        driverVersion      = 26.1.3
        vendorID           = 0x1002
        deviceID           = 0x1586
        deviceType         = PHYSICAL_DEVICE_TYPE_INTEGRATED_GPU
        deviceName         = Microsoft Direct3D12 (AMD Radeon(TM) 8060S Graphics)
        driverID           = DRIVER_ID_MESA_DOZEN
        driverName         = Dozen
        driverInfo         = Mesa 26.1.3 - kisak-mesa PPA
        conformanceVersion = 0.0.0.0
        deviceUUID         = 40a9ba5b-63ac-0f3d-9cbb-b57ba5c96c8f
        driverUUID         = 6c3106a4-7ce6-6a8c-95d8-848169d23b66

I have an AMD Strix Halo running in WSL, so my driver ID is Dozen. If you are running bare-metal Ubuntu with an AMD GPU, your driver ID will be RADV.

Uninstall

sudo ppa-purge -d noble ppa:kisak/kisak-mesage
sudo reboot