How To Install lld-9 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lld-9
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lld-9
lld-9 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.
There are three methods to install lld-9
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lld-9 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lld-9
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lld-9
Install lld-9 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lld-9
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lld-9
Install lld-9 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 lld-9
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lld-9
How To Uninstall lld-9 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lld-9
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lld-9
Uninstall lld-9 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lld-9
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lld-9
Remove lld-9 Configurations and Data
To remove lld-9
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lld-9
Remove lld-9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lld-9
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lld-9
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lld-9
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.