How To Install liblld-4.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblld-4.0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liblld-4.0
liblld-4.0 is:
LLD is a new, high-performance linker. It is built as a set of reusable components which highly leverage existing libraries in the larger LLVM Project.
This package contains the LLD runtime library.
There are three methods to install liblld-4.0 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install liblld-4.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblld-4.0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblld-4.0
Install liblld-4.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblld-4.0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblld-4.0
Install liblld-4.0 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 liblld-4.0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblld-4.0
How To Uninstall liblld-4.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liblld-4.0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblld-4.0
Uninstall liblld-4.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblld-4.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblld-4.0
Remove liblld-4.0 Configurations and Data
To remove liblld-4.0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblld-4.0
Remove liblld-4.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblld-4.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblld-4.0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblld-4.0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
