How To Install llvm on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm on CentOS 7. llvm is The Low Level Virtual Machine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm on CentOS 7.

What is llvm

LLVM is a compiler infrastructure designed for compile-time, link-time, runtime, and idle-time optimization of programs from arbitrary programming languages. The compiler infrastructure includes mirror sets of programming tools as well as libraries with equivalent functionality.

We can use yum or dnf to install llvm on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install llvm.

Install llvm on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install llvm

Install llvm on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install llvm

How To Uninstall llvm on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove llvm

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.