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Chapter 5. Programming

Shaderc-2026.1

Introduction to Shaderc

Shaderc provides a suite of software, helping developers transform and compile GLSL/HLSL/SPIR-V shaders.

BLFS provides glslc from this package, but not all of the package which some other packages may expect.

Shaderc Dependencies

Required

CMake

Recommended

Glslang and SPIRV-Tools

Installation of Shaderc

Allow building with the system-installed Glslang and SPIRV-Tools if present: 

sed '/build-version/d'   -i glslc/CMakeLists.txt            &&
sed '/third_party/d'     -i CMakeLists.txt                  &&
sed 's|SPIRV|glslang/&|' -i libshaderc_util/src/compiler.cc &&
echo '"2026.1"' > glslc/src/build-version.inc

Now install Shaderc by running the following commands: 

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
      -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release  \
      -D SHADERC_SKIP_TESTS=ON     \
      -G Ninja ..
ninja

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install

Contents

Installed Programs: glslc
Installed Libraries: libshaderc (static), libshaderc_shared, and libshaderc_combined (static)
Installed Directories: /usr/include/shaderc

Short Descriptions

glslc

compiles GLSL/HLSL shader files to SPIR-V files

libshaderc

contains functions to compile GLSL/HLSL shader strings to SPIR-V