LLVM is a set of compiler and toolchain technologies that can be used to develop a frontend for any programming language and a backend for any instruction set architecture.
You're not required to install this with your compiler, but it can be useful if you want to use the DLLs provided.
To build this library, you will need:
- GNU Windows
- CMake version 3 or newer installed on your machine. You can download it from the official website and follow their installation instructions.
- Python 3.9+
โ ๏ธ Make sure you can run
make
,gcc
andg++
from the command line without any issues.
Just run the following commands in a terminal window to get started:
build.bat
Once it's done, you can see your bootstrap of LLVM in .bin/bootstrap
. You can then paste it into your GNU Windows installation folder.