How To Install lld on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lld in AlmaLinux 8. lld is The LLVM Linker

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lld on AlmaLinux 8.

What is `lld`

The LLVM project linker.

We can use yum or dnf to install lld on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lld.

Install lld on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lld using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lld

Install lld on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lld using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lld

How To Uninstall lld on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove lld

References

lld website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lld on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.