How To Install libclang1-7 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclang1-7
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libclang1-7
libclang1-7 is:
Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end based on 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 package contains the Clang library.
The C Interface to Clang provides a relatively small API that exposes facilities for parsing source code into an abstract syntax tree (AST), loading already-parsed ASTs, traversing the AST, associating physical source locations with elements within the AST, and other facilities that support Clang-based development tools.
There are three methods to install libclang1-7
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libclang1-7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libclang1-7
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libclang1-7
Install libclang1-7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libclang1-7
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libclang1-7
Install libclang1-7 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libclang1-7
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libclang1-7
How To Uninstall libclang1-7 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libclang1-7
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libclang1-7
Uninstall libclang1-7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libclang1-7
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclang1-7
Remove libclang1-7 Configurations and Data
To remove libclang1-7
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libclang1-7
Remove libclang1-7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libclang1-7
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclang1-7
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclang1-7
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.