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Install and build LLVM on your machine.
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Install & Build LLVM for Shared Libraries

Fuck llvmenv. It's fucking old.

Download the llvm-project archive from LLVM Releases then extract it.

tar -xf ./llvm-project.tar.xz  # the file name
cd llvm-project

Be sure you have cc & ninja installed.

cmake -G Ninja -S ./llvm \
  -B ./build-llvm \  # the build directory
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
  -DLLVM_BUILD_LLVM_DYLIB=ON \
  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF \
  -DLLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB=ON \
  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/opt/llvm  # where to install
 
cmake \
  --build ./build-llvm \  # the build directory
  --target install

Then son 😭 enjoy your fucking llvm

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