How To Install clang on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clang on Debian 9.
What is clang
clang is:
Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end for the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).
Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998 and 2001 standards and also provides a partial support of C++1y.
This is a dependency package providing the default clang compiler.
There are three methods to install clang on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install clang Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install clang using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install clang
Install clang Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install clang using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install clang
Install clang 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 clang using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install clang
How To Uninstall clang on Debian 9
To uninstall only the clang package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove clang
Uninstall clang And Its Dependencies
To uninstall clang and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove clang
Remove clang Configurations and Data
To remove clang configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge clang
Remove clang configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove clang configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clang
Dependencies
clang have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clang package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.