How To Install llvm-7-doc on Debian 10

Learn how to install llvm-7-doc on Debian 10 with this tutorial. llvm-7-doc is Modular compiler and toolchain technologies, documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm-7-doc on Debian 10.

What is llvm-7-doc

llvm-7-doc 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.

LLVM uses a single, language-independent virtual instruction set both as an offline code representation (to communicate code between compiler phases and to run-time systems) and as the compiler internal representation (to analyze and transform programs). This persistent code representation allows a common set of sophisticated compiler techniques to be applied at compile-time, link-time, install-time, run-time, or “idle-time” (between program runs).

This package contains all documentation (extensive).

There are three methods to install llvm-7-doc on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install llvm-7-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install llvm-7-doc

Install llvm-7-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install llvm-7-doc

Install llvm-7-doc 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install llvm-7-doc

How To Uninstall llvm-7-doc on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove llvm-7-doc

Uninstall llvm-7-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall llvm-7-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove llvm-7-doc

Remove llvm-7-doc Configurations and Data

To remove llvm-7-doc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge llvm-7-doc

Remove llvm-7-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge llvm-7-doc

Dependencies

llvm-7-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm-7-doc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.