For Windows: Follow these steps once you have installed Vulkan SDK for Windows from https://www.lunarg.com/vulkan-sdk/ -- Install GLFW3 library at suitable location -- Open the simpleVulkan VS project file. To add the GLFW3 library path -- Right click on Project name "simpleVulkan" click on "Properties" -- In Property pages window go to Linker -> General. Here in "Additional Libraries Directories" edit and add path to glfw3dll.lib To add the GLFW3 headers path -- Right click on Project name "simpleVulkan" click on "Properties" -- In Property pages window go to "VC++ Directories" section. Here in "Include Directories" edit and add path to GLFW3 headers include directory location. ** Make sure to add path to glfw3.dll in your PATH environment variable** For Linux: -- Install the Vulkan SDK from https://www.lunarg.com/vulkan-sdk/ and follow environment setup instructions. -- Install GLFW3 library through your OS package repository. For example: apt-get for Ubuntu and dnf for RHEL/CentOS -- Install "libxcb1-dev" and "xorg-dev" as GLFW3 is depended on it -- Add Vulkan and GLFW3 libraries directories to LD_LIBRARY_PATH