How To Install liblldb-7 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblldb-7 on Ubuntu 18.04. liblldb-7 is Next generation, high-performance debugger, library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblldb-7 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is liblldb-7

liblldb-7 is:

LLDB is a next generation, high-performance debugger. It is built as a set of reusable components which highly leverage existing libraries in the larger LLVM Project, such as the Clang expression parser and LLVM disassembler.

This package contains the LLDB runtime library.

There are three methods to install liblldb-7 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 liblldb-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 liblldb-7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblldb-7

Install liblldb-7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblldb-7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblldb-7

Install liblldb-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 liblldb-7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblldb-7

How To Uninstall liblldb-7 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the liblldb-7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblldb-7

Uninstall liblldb-7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblldb-7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblldb-7

Remove liblldb-7 Configurations and Data

To remove liblldb-7 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblldb-7

Remove liblldb-7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblldb-7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblldb-7

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblldb-7 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.