How to Install and Uninstall lld-8 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "lld-8" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install lld-8 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                lld-8
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "lld-8" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall lld-8 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lld-8
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lld-8 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: lld-8
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:8-3~ubuntu16.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Source: llvm-toolchain-8
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: LLVM Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3308
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libllvm8 (= 1:8-3~ubuntu16.04.1), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/universe/l/llvm-toolchain-8/lld-8_8-3~ubuntu16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 810408
MD5sum: 524758596cc219597537494e7f012561
SHA1: b14648d91fae735d984af9891e17deabcb57d35f
SHA256: 04c493c6f8a10cacddd59d13e962c5b96e5c454f52fc65141a0821cfb2b79f18
SHA512: 0802e2c3df71adfc0ca76eec014992494de87769e0ce9f09edb64ef6336fb529e53668c82a3012bdae8f51625c8cf624989ba9ba7d6d7c9ab1c23c58f89dd3ee
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