How To Install llvm-spirv on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm-spirv on Ubuntu.
What is llvm-spirv
llvm-spirv is:
SPIRV-LLVM-translator is a LLVM/SPIRV bi-directional translator. This package includes a library and a tool for translation between LLVM IR and SPIR-V.
This package includes the llvm-spirv binary.
There are three methods to install llvm-spirv on Ubuntu. 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-spirv 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-spirv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install llvm-spirv
Install llvm-spirv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install llvm-spirv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install llvm-spirv
Install llvm-spirv 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-spirv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install llvm-spirv
How To Uninstall llvm-spirv on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the llvm-spirv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove llvm-spirv
Uninstall llvm-spirv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall llvm-spirv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove llvm-spirv
Remove llvm-spirv Configurations and Data
To remove llvm-spirv configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge llvm-spirv
Remove llvm-spirv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove llvm-spirv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge llvm-spirv
Dependencies
llvm-spirv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install llvm-spirv package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.