How To Install llvm6 on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm6 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is llvm6

We can use yum or dnf to install llvm6 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install llvm6.

Install llvm6 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install llvm6 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install llvm6

Install llvm6 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install llvm6 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install llvm6

How To Uninstall llvm6 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the llvm6 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove llvm6

llvm6 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

References

• llvm6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm6 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.