How To Install mesa-private-llvm on CentOS 7

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

Introduction

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

What is mesa-private-llvm

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 mesa-private-llvm on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mesa-private-llvm.

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

sudo yum -y install mesa-private-llvm

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

sudo dnf -y install mesa-private-llvm

How To Uninstall mesa-private-llvm on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove mesa-private-llvm

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Summary

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