How To Install clang-4.0-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install clang-4.0-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. clang-4.0-doc is C, C++ and Objective-C compiler - Documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clang-4.0-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is clang-4.0-doc

clang-4.0-doc is:

Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end based on the LLVM compiler. Its goal is to offer a replacement to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).

Clang implements all of the ISO C++ 1998, 11 and 14 standards and also provides most of the support of C++17.

This package contains the documentation.

There are three methods to install clang-4.0-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install clang-4.0-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install clang-4.0-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install clang-4.0-doc

Install clang-4.0-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install clang-4.0-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install clang-4.0-doc

Install clang-4.0-doc 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install clang-4.0-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install clang-4.0-doc

How To Uninstall clang-4.0-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the clang-4.0-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove clang-4.0-doc

Uninstall clang-4.0-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall clang-4.0-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clang-4.0-doc

Remove clang-4.0-doc Configurations and Data

To remove clang-4.0-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge clang-4.0-doc

Remove clang-4.0-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove clang-4.0-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clang-4.0-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clang-4.0-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.