Chapter 1: Installing LLVM
To learn how to work with LLVM, it is best to begin by compiling LLVM from the source. LLVM is an umbrella project, and its GitHub repository contains the sources for all the projects that belong to LLVM. Each LLVM project is in a top-level directory of the repository. Besides cloning the repository, your system must also have all tools that are required by the build system installed.
In this chapter, you will learn about the following topics:
- Getting the prerequisites ready, which will show you how to set up your build system.
- Building with CMake, which will cover how to compile and install the LLVM core libraries and Clang with CMake and Ninja.
- Customizing the build process, which will talk about the various way we can influence the build process.
