How to Install and Uninstall clang Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the clang on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "clang" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install clang on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                clang
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "clang" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall clang on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                clang
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the clang package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: clang
Source: llvm-defaults (0.55.7~deb12u1)
Version: 1:14.0-55.7~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 20
Maintainer: LLVM Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: clang (<< 3.2-1~exp2), clang-3.2, clang-3.3, clang-3.4 (<< 1:3.4.2-7~exp1), clang-3.5 (<< 1:3.5~+rc1-3~exp1)
Depends: clang-14 (>= 14~)
Breaks: clang-3.2, clang-3.3, clang-3.4 (<< 1:3.4.2-7~exp1), clang-3.5 (<< 1:3.5~+rc1-3~exp1)
Description: C, C++ and Objective-C compiler (LLVM based), clang binary
Description-md5: 2916bca3b5e11836b745c64f4b346b34
Tag: devel::compiler, devel::lang:c, devel::lang:c++, devel::lang:objc,
devel::library, implemented-in::c, implemented-in::c++,
interface::commandline, role::devel-lib, role::program,
scope::application, works-with::software:source
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/llvm-defaults/clang_14.0-55.7~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 5144
MD5sum: 82e5f791ddf47cb647ffb5768bfdebde
SHA256: 7b7924e692b00ae8160c4159c4476929c75ee4a8ed69823e8ba905679f0a5d77