How To Install llvm-ar-7 on Fedora 34

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install llvm-7

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install llvm-7

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is llvm-ar-7 and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running Fedora 34. This guide was written specifically with a server running Fedora 34 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install llvm-ar-7 on Fedora 34. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install llvm-ar-7 on Fedora 34 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install llvm-ar-7 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install llvm-7

Install llvm-ar-7 on Fedora 34 using yum

Because llvm-ar-7 is available in Fedora 34’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install llvm-ar-7 package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install llvm-7

How to upgrade (update) a single package llvm-ar-7 using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like llvm-ar-7 in this example you should use the following command:

yum update llvm-7

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade llvm-7

How to Upgrade llvm-ar-7 on Fedora 34 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update llvm-7

How To remove llvm-ar-7 from Fedora 34

To uninstall only the llvm-ar-7 package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove llvm-7

Extra info and code examples

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. LLVM uses a single, language-independent virtual instruction set both as an offline code representation (to communicate code between compiler phases and to run-time systems) and as the compiler internal representation (to analyze and transform programs). This persistent code representation allows a common set of sophisticated compiler techniques to be applied at compile-time, link-time, install-time, run-time, or "idle-time" (between program runs). The strengths of the LLVM infrastructure are its extremely simple design (which makes it easy to understand and use), source-language independence, powerful mid-level optimizer, automated compiler debugging support, extensibility, and its stability and reliability. LLVM is currently being used to host a wide variety of academic research projects and commercial projects. LLVM includes C and C++ front-ends, a front-end for a Forth-like language (Stacker), a young scheme front-end, and Java support is in development. LLVM can generate code for X86, SparcV9, PowerPC or many other architectures.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install llvm-ar-7 using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the llvm-ar-7 from Fedora 34.

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