How To Install libllvm6.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libllvm6.0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libllvm6.0
libllvm6.0 is:
LLVM is a collection of libraries and tools that make it easy to build compilers, optimizers, just-in-time code generators, and many other compiler-related programs.
This package contains the LLVM runtime library.
There are three methods to install libllvm6.0 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 libllvm6.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libllvm6.0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libllvm6.0
Install libllvm6.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libllvm6.0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libllvm6.0
Install libllvm6.0 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 libllvm6.0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libllvm6.0
How To Uninstall libllvm6.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libllvm6.0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libllvm6.0
Uninstall libllvm6.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libllvm6.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libllvm6.0
Remove libllvm6.0 Configurations and Data
To remove libllvm6.0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libllvm6.0
Remove libllvm6.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libllvm6.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libllvm6.0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libllvm6.0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
