How To Install libbinutils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbinutils on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libbinutils
libbinutils is:
This package includes the private shared libraries libbfd and libopcodes. Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop Build-Essential: yes
Package: libbinutils Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.34-6ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: devel Source: binutils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2696 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0), binutils-common (= 2.34-6ubuntu1) Breaks: binutils (« 2.29-6) Replaces: binutils (« 2.29-6) Filename: pool/main/b/binutils/libbinutils_2.34-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 473556 MD5sum: d4eff2c8a2b7f4f7ed2aa2392208c7fa SHA1: 7a513cc8546d59d09cf4ea68e3f25fe6d621a962 SHA256: 7a7da2b3a4c7586fdf11b21ee3144ee1bd3ccb17250644810f1332c9214b29d7 Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ Description-en: GNU binary utilities (private shared library) This package includes the private shared libraries libbfd and libopcodes. Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop Build-Essential: yes
There are three methods to install libbinutils on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libbinutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libbinutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbinutils
Install libbinutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbinutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbinutils
Install libbinutils Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libbinutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbinutils
How To Uninstall libbinutils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libbinutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbinutils
Uninstall libbinutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbinutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbinutils
Remove libbinutils Configurations and Data
To remove libbinutils configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbinutils
Remove libbinutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbinutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbinutils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbinutils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
