How To Install llvm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. llvm.x86_64 is The Low Level Virtual Machine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `llvm.x86_64`

LLVM is a compiler infrastructure designed for compile-time, link-time, runtime, and idle-time optimization of programs from arbitrary programming languages. The compiler infrastructure includes mirror sets of programming tools as well as libraries with equivalent functionality.

We can use yum to install llvm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install llvm.x86_64.

Install llvm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install llvm.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install llvm.x86_64

How To Uninstall llvm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the llvm.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove llvm.x86_64

llvm.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/FileCheck
/usr/bin/bugpoint
/usr/bin/dsymutil
/usr/bin/llc
/usr/bin/lli
/usr/bin/llvm-PerfectShuffle
/usr/bin/llvm-addr2line
/usr/bin/llvm-ar
/usr/bin/llvm-as
/usr/bin/llvm-bcanalyzer
/usr/bin/llvm-c-test
/usr/bin/llvm-cat
/usr/bin/llvm-cfi-verify
/usr/bin/llvm-cov
/usr/bin/llvm-cvtres
/usr/bin/llvm-cxxdump
/usr/bin/llvm-cxxfilt
/usr/bin/llvm-cxxmap
/usr/bin/llvm-diff
/usr/bin/llvm-dis
/usr/bin/llvm-dlltool
/usr/bin/llvm-dwarfdump
/usr/bin/llvm-dwp
/usr/bin/llvm-elfabi
/usr/bin/llvm-exegesis
/usr/bin/llvm-extract
/usr/bin/llvm-gsymutil
/usr/bin/llvm-ifs
/usr/bin/llvm-install-name-tool
/usr/bin/llvm-jitlink
/usr/bin/llvm-lib
/usr/bin/llvm-link
/usr/bin/llvm-lipo
/usr/bin/llvm-lto
/usr/bin/llvm-lto2
/usr/bin/llvm-mc
/usr/bin/llvm-mca
/usr/bin/llvm-ml
/usr/bin/llvm-modextract
/usr/bin/llvm-mt
/usr/bin/llvm-nm
/usr/bin/llvm-objcopy
/usr/bin/llvm-objdump
/usr/bin/llvm-opt-report
/usr/bin/llvm-pdbutil
/usr/bin/llvm-profdata
/usr/bin/llvm-ranlib
/usr/bin/llvm-rc
/usr/bin/llvm-readelf
/usr/bin/llvm-readobj
/usr/bin/llvm-reduce
/usr/bin/llvm-rtdyld
/usr/bin/llvm-size
/usr/bin/llvm-split
/usr/bin/llvm-stress
/usr/bin/llvm-strings
/usr/bin/llvm-strip
/usr/bin/llvm-symbolizer
/usr/bin/llvm-tblgen
/usr/bin/llvm-undname
/usr/bin/llvm-xray
/usr/bin/obj2yaml
/usr/bin/opt
/usr/bin/sancov
/usr/bin/sanstats
/usr/bin/verify-uselistorder
/usr/bin/yaml2obj
/usr/share/licenses/llvm-11.1.0
/usr/share/licenses/llvm-11.1.0/LICENSE.TXT
/usr/share/man/man1/FileCheck.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bugpoint.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dsymutil.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lli.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-addr2line.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-ar.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-as.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-bcanalyzer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-build.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-cov.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-cxxfilt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-cxxmap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-diff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-dis.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-dwarfdump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-exegesis.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-extract.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-lib.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-link.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-lipo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-locstats.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-mca.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-nm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-objcopy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-objdump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-pdbutil.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-profdata.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-ranlib.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-readelf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-readobj.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-size.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-stress.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-strings.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-strip.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-symbolizer.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/llvm-tblgen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/opt.1.gz
/usr/share/opt-viewer
/usr/share/opt-viewer/opt-diff.py
/usr/share/opt-viewer/opt-stats.py
/usr/share/opt-viewer/opt-viewer.py
/usr/share/opt-viewer/optpmap.py
/usr/share/opt-viewer/optrecord.py
/usr/share/opt-viewer/style.css

References

llvm.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.