How To Install libllvm9 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libllvm9 on Kali Linux.

What is libllvm9

libllvm9 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 libllvm9 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libllvm9 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libllvm9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libllvm9

Install libllvm9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libllvm9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libllvm9

Install libllvm9 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libllvm9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libllvm9

How To Uninstall libllvm9 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libllvm9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libllvm9

Uninstall libllvm9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libllvm9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libllvm9

Remove libllvm9 Configurations and Data

To remove libllvm9 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libllvm9

Remove libllvm9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libllvm9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libllvm9

Dependencies

libllvm9 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libedit2
• libffi7
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6
• libtinfo6
• libz3-4
• zlib1g

References

• libllvm9 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libllvm9 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.