How To Install clang7.0.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install clang7.0.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. clang7.0.x86_64 is A C language family front-end for LLVM

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clang7.0.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `clang7.0.x86_64`

clang 1. A loud, resonant, metallic sound. 2. The strident call of a crane or goose. 3. C-language family front-end toolkit. The goal of the Clang project is to create a new C, C++, Objective C and Objective C++ front-end for the LLVM compiler. Its tools are built as libraries and designed to be loosely-coupled and extensible.

We can use yum to install clang7.0.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install clang7.0.x86_64.

Install clang7.0.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install clang7.0.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install clang7.0.x86_64

How To Uninstall clang7.0.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the clang7.0.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove clang7.0.x86_64

clang7.0.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/c-index-test-7
/usr/bin/clang++-7
/usr/bin/clang-7
/usr/bin/clang-check-7
/usr/bin/clang-cl-7
/usr/bin/clang-cpp-7
/usr/bin/clang-format-7
/usr/bin/clang-func-mapping-7
/usr/bin/clang-import-test-7
/usr/bin/clang-offload-bundler-7
/usr/bin/clang-refactor-7
/usr/bin/clang-rename-7
/usr/bin/diagtool-7
/usr/bin/git-clang-format-7
/usr/bin/hmaptool-7
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/bin
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/bin/c-index-test
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/bin/clang
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/bin/clang++
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/bin/clang-7
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/bin/clang-check
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/bin/clang-cl
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/bin/clang-cpp
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/bin/clang-format
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/bin/clang-func-mapping
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/bin/clang-import-test
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/bin/clang-offload-bundler
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/bin/clang-refactor
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/bin/clang-rename
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/bin/diagtool
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/bin/git-clang-format
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/bin/hmaptool
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/share/clang/clang-format-diff.py
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/share/clang/clang-format-diff.pyc
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/share/clang/clang-format-diff.pyo
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/share/clang/clang-format.py
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/share/clang/clang-format.pyc
/usr/lib64/llvm7.0/share/clang/clang-format.pyo
/usr/share/man/man1
/usr/share/man/man1/clang-7.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/diagtool-7.1.gz

References

clang7.0.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clang7.0.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.