Install Clang as User (no Root Privileges)?

Question

I have access to a shell account at University as a user but with no root privileges. The server is running Ubuntu 8.04 - Hardy. I wish to use Clang as my C compiler for next se

Answer 1

With free software, you can always configure it and (if needed) patch and improve it to suit your needs. However, building a compiler (be it GCC or Clang) requires a lot of resources (disk space, several gigabytes, and also RAM & CPU time), and some of your time and efforts.

Clang building and installation is documented here. I guess that its configure script -assuming it is similar to GCC's one- accepts arguments like --prefix (which you could e.g. set to $HOME/pub). You might need to build also the required dependencies.