How To Install llvm-toolset on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm-toolset on CentOS 8.
What is llvm-toolset
This is the main package for llvm-toolset. llvm-toolset 11.0.0 1.module_el8.4.0+587+5187cac0 x86_64 9.9 k llvm-toolset-11.0.0-1.module_el8.4.0+587+5187cac0.src.rpm appstream Package that installs llvm-toolset NCSA This is the main package for llvm-toolset.
We can use yum or dnf to install llvm-toolset on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install llvm-toolset.
Install llvm-toolset on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install llvm-toolset using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install llvm-toolset
Install llvm-toolset on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install llvm-toolset using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install llvm-toolset
How To Uninstall llvm-toolset on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the llvm-toolset package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove llvm-toolset
llvm-toolset Package Contents on CentOS 8
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm-toolset on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.