How To Install libllvm7 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libllvm7 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libllvm7 is Modular compiler and toolchain technologies, runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libllvm7 on Debian 10.

What is libllvm7

libllvm7 is:

LLVM is a collection of libraries and tools that make it easy to build compilers, optimizers, just-in-time code generators, and many other compiler-related programs.

This package contains the LLVM runtime library.

There are three methods to install libllvm7 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libllvm7 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libllvm7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libllvm7

Install libllvm7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libllvm7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libllvm7

Install libllvm7 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libllvm7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libllvm7

How To Uninstall libllvm7 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libllvm7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libllvm7

Uninstall libllvm7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libllvm7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libllvm7

Remove libllvm7 Configurations and Data

To remove libllvm7 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libllvm7

Remove libllvm7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libllvm7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libllvm7

Dependencies

libllvm7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libllvm7 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.