How To Install python-llvmlite on Debian 10

Learn how to install python-llvmlite on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python-llvmlite is LLVM Python binding for writing JIT compilers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-llvmlite on Debian 10.

What is python-llvmlite

python-llvmlite is:

llvmlite uses the LLVM library for JIT (just-in-time) compilation of Python code into native machine instructions during runtime. Instead of exposing large parts of the LLVM C++ API for direct calls into the LLVM library, llvmlite follows a lightweight multi-layered approach.

This package contains the modules and the binding for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-llvmlite on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-llvmlite Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-llvmlite using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-llvmlite

Install python-llvmlite Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-llvmlite using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-llvmlite

Install python-llvmlite Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python-llvmlite using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-llvmlite

How To Uninstall python-llvmlite on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python-llvmlite package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-llvmlite

Uninstall python-llvmlite And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-llvmlite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-llvmlite

Remove python-llvmlite Configurations and Data

To remove python-llvmlite configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-llvmlite

Remove python-llvmlite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-llvmlite

Dependencies

python-llvmlite have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-llvmlite package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.