How To Install clang-tools on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install clang-tools on Ubuntu 22.04. clang-tools is clang-based tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clang-tools on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is clang-tools

clang-tools is:

Clang project is a C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end for 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 is a dependency package providing the clang tools package.

There are three methods to install clang-tools 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 clang-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install clang-tools

Install clang-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install clang-tools

Install clang-tools 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-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install clang-tools

How To Uninstall clang-tools on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove clang-tools

Uninstall clang-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall clang-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clang-tools

Remove clang-tools Configurations and Data

To remove clang-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge clang-tools

Remove clang-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clang-tools

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clang-tools package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.