How To Install clang on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clang on Kali Linux.

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, 11 and 14 standards and also provides most of the support of C++17.

This is a dependency package providing the default clang compiler.

There are three methods to install clang on Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clang

Remove clang Configurations and Data

To remove clang configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• clang-11

References

• clang website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clang package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.