[cfe-dev] Best low (no?) prerequisite user-directory install method for Clang/libc++?

[邓尧 via cfe-dev]

I'm working on a project to solve the exactly same problem. It's still
incomplete though. When it's completed users could install clang to
anywhere they like with a few simple steps like:
* download source code
* edit a configuration file
* fire make -j64
* enjoy dinner
* enjoy C++ developing with clang
Currently the project could build and install gcc-5.2, building clang-3.7
is partially completed. It's hosted at
https://gitlab.com/torshie/modern-tool

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 1:02 AM, Rocco Moretti via cfe-dev <
cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> What is the best method for installing Clang (and the corresponding
> libc++) to a user's home directory on a *nix-like OS, with the minimal
> assumptions about the state of the rest of the operating system and what's
> already installed?
>
> I ask because we want to incorporate C++11 features into our codebase, but
> our users often don't have administrative control over the systems they
> use. These systems may be computational clusters which were built several
> years ago and haven't had major updates since, so the default compilers on
> these systems are often old (e.g. gcc 4.4 or even 4.1). Getting the
> administrators to install an updated compiler may or may not be feasible.
> So as a backup, I'm looking into the possibility of having our users (who
> may have very limited *nix experience) install an updated compiler in their
> home directory. (Again, on a machine where they don't have administrator
> access.)
>
> Is there an easy way to install Clang in a user directory when the system
> version of the compiler tool-chain may be very out of date? I noticed the
> pre-built binaries on http://llvm.org/releases/download.html, but there's
> not much instruction on how to use these, and I'm a little unclear how
> "self-contained" these are and if they include the libc++ library.
> (Updating the compiler to support C++11 is only minimally helpful if the
> standard library used has no C++11 support.)
>
> If possible, I'd like to avoid complex installation procedures, like a
> recent experience I had installing Clang 3.7 on Ubuntu 12.04, where in
> order to compile Clang from source, it turned out I needed to download and
> compile a recent gcc from source first.
>
> At this point we're just looking for C++11 compiler and standard library
> support, so the ability to install even a slightly older version of
> clang/libc++ (anything since 3.3, as I read things) should help.
>
> Thanks,
> -Rocco
>
> P.S. I apologize if this is the wrong mailing list for this -
> http://clang.llvm.org/get_involved.html indicated this is the list for
> general Clang-related questions.
>
>
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