How To Install llvm on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is llvm

llvm is:

The Low-Level Virtual Machine (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 is a dependency package providing the default llvm package.

There are three methods to install llvm 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 llvm 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install llvm

Install llvm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install llvm

Install llvm 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 llvm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install llvm

How To Uninstall llvm on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove llvm

Uninstall llvm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove llvm

Remove llvm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge llvm

Remove llvm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge llvm

Dependencies

llvm have the following dependencies:

• llvm-runtime

References

• llvm website

Summary

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