How To Install clang-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clang-tools on Debian 12.
What is clang-tools
clang-tools 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 clang tools package.
There are three methods to install clang-tools on Debian 12. 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-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install clang-tools
Install clang-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install clang-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install clang-tools
Install clang-tools 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-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install clang-tools
How To Uninstall clang-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the clang-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove clang-tools
Uninstall clang-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall clang-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove clang-tools
Remove clang-tools Configurations and Data
To remove clang-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge clang-tools
Remove clang-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove clang-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clang-tools
Dependencies
clang-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clang-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.