Complete Guide: Installing lld-9 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) 2025

1. Install "lld-9" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install lld-9 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                lld-9
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "lld-9" package

Learn how to uninstall lld-9 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lld-9
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lld-9 package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: lld-9
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:9.0.1-16.1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: llvm-toolchain-9
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: LLVM Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3678
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libllvm9 (= 1:9.0.1-16.1ubuntu1), libstdc++6 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/l/llvm-toolchain-9/lld-9_9.0.1-16.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 993984
MD5sum: f923ae03ae7343eb2decb1c823ec3aa7
SHA1: afc9997859c9f0a729fff3845a16d3b74f801da7
SHA256: 6ef3eecd315267aeed3a180689760a65eab0c6e7ec1470c3c444ed8b1998ef13
SHA512: a53109699330594fb963adf8226db87fec027886438b3dc575ca8aa5358b7e6172cadeae0ee1e3c0879b79014e91b7df16ab0c643b111e1f2025c207948a7359
Homepage: https://www.llvm.org/
Description-en: LLVM-based linker
LLD is a new, high-performance linker. It is built as a set of reusable
components which highly leverage existing libraries in the larger LLVM
Project.
Description-md5: 39b52f07f105b329dd7852cce89ebb7d