How To Install liblld-8-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblld-8-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liblld-8-dev
liblld-8-dev 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 provides the header files to build extension over lld.
There are three methods to install liblld-8-dev 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-8-dev 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-8-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblld-8-dev
Install liblld-8-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblld-8-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblld-8-dev
Install liblld-8-dev 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-8-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblld-8-dev
How To Uninstall liblld-8-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liblld-8-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblld-8-dev
Uninstall liblld-8-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblld-8-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblld-8-dev
Remove liblld-8-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblld-8-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblld-8-dev
Remove liblld-8-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblld-8-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblld-8-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblld-8-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
