How To Install libclang1 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclang1 on Debian 9.
What is libclang1
libclang1 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 libraries.
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 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 libclang1 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libclang1
Install libclang1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libclang1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libclang1
Install libclang1 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 libclang1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libclang1
How To Uninstall libclang1 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libclang1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libclang1
Uninstall libclang1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libclang1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libclang1
Remove libclang1 Configurations and Data
To remove libclang1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libclang1
Remove libclang1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libclang1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libclang1
Dependencies
libclang1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libclang1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.