How To Install llvm on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm on Debian 10.
What is llvm
llvm is:
The Low-Level Virtual Machine (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 is a dependency package providing the default llvm package.
There are three methods to install llvm 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 llvm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install llvm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install llvm
Install llvm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install llvm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install llvm
Install llvm 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 llvm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install llvm
How To Uninstall llvm on Debian 10
To uninstall only the llvm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove llvm
Uninstall llvm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall llvm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove llvm
Remove llvm Configurations and Data
To remove llvm configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge llvm
Remove llvm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove llvm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge llvm
Dependencies
llvm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
