How To Install liblld-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install liblld-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. liblld-dev is LLVM-based linker, library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblld-dev on Debian 12.

What is liblld-dev

liblld-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 is a dependency package providing the default liblld-dev package.

There are three methods to install liblld-dev 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 liblld-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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblld-dev

Install liblld-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblld-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblld-dev

Install liblld-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install liblld-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblld-dev

How To Uninstall liblld-dev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the liblld-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblld-dev

Uninstall liblld-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblld-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblld-dev

Remove liblld-dev Configurations and Data

To remove liblld-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblld-dev

Remove liblld-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblld-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblld-dev

Dependencies

liblld-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblld-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.