How to Install llvm-gcc-4.8 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install llvm-gcc-4.8 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

llvm-gcc-4.8 software package provides C front end for LLVM C/C++ compiler, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install llvm-gcc-4.8 

llvm-gcc-4.8 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the llvm-gcc-4.8 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep llvm-gcc-4.8 *

You will get with llvm-gcc-4.8 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

llvm-gcc-4.8 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Development
Package llvm-gcc-4.8
Version 3.3-2
Description C front end for LLVM C/C++ compiler
Sub Section devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove llvm-gcc-4.8 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?