How To Install llvm-private on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm-private on CentOS 7. llvm-private is llvm engine for Mesa

Introduction

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

What is `llvm-private`

This package contains the LLVM-based runtime support for Mesa. It is not a fully-featured build of LLVM, and use by any package other than Mesa is not supported. This package contains the LLVM-based runtime support for Mesa. It is not a fully-featured build of LLVM, and use by any package other than Mesa is not supported.

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

Install llvm-private 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-private using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install llvm-private

Install llvm-private 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-private using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install llvm-private

How To Uninstall llvm-private on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove llvm-private

References

llvm-private website

Summary

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