How do I install clang-format on Debian 8.11?

Question

I tried

sudo apt install clang-format 

but I get the following error:

E: Unable to locate package clang-format

Answer 1

The package is available from Jessie-backports.

Add backports to your sources.list :

echo "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

Then install clang-format:

apt-get update
apt-get -t jessie-backports install clang-format-6.0

The package is only available from jessie backports you can just type:

apt-get update
apt-get install clang-format-6.0

You should run the above commands as root or using sudo if its is already installed.