How To Install llvm on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is llvm
llvm is:
The Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM) is a collection of libraries and tools that make it easy to build compilers, optimizers, Just-In-Time code generators, and many other compiler-related programs.
This is a dependency package providing the default llvm package.
There are three methods to install llvm on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install llvm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install llvm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install llvm
Install llvm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install llvm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install llvm
Install llvm 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 llvm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install llvm
How To Uninstall llvm on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the llvm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove llvm
Uninstall llvm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall llvm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove llvm
Remove llvm Configurations and Data
To remove llvm configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge llvm
Remove llvm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove llvm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge llvm
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
