How To Install binutils-devel on CentOS 8

binutils-devel is BFD and opcodes static and dynamic libraries and header files BFD and opcodes static and dynamic libraries and header files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-devel on CentOS 8.

What is binutils-devel

This package contains BFD and opcodes static and dynamic libraries. The dynamic libraries are in this package, rather than a separate base package because they are actually linker scripts that force the use of the static libraries. This is because the API of the BFD library is too unstable to be used dynamically. The static libraries are here because they are now needed by the dynamic libraries. Developers starting new projects are strongly encouraged to consider using libelf instead of BFD. binutils-devel 2.30 93.el8 x86_64 901 k binutils-2.30-93.el8.src.rpm appstream BFD and opcodes static and dynamic libraries and header files https GPLv3+ This package contains BFD and opcodes static and dynamic libraries. The dynamic libraries are in this package, rather than a separate base package because they are actually linker scripts that force the use of the static libraries. This is because the API of the BFD library is too unstable to be used dynamically. The static libraries are here because they are now needed by the dynamic libraries. Developers starting new projects are strongly encouraged to consider using libelf instead of BFD.

We can use yum or dnf to install binutils-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install binutils-devel.

Install binutils-devel on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install binutils-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install binutils-devel

Install binutils-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install binutils-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install binutils-devel

How To Uninstall binutils-devel on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the binutils-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove binutils-devel

binutils-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/include/ansidecl.h
/usr/include/bfd.h
/usr/include/bfdlink.h
/usr/include/demangle.h
/usr/include/dis-asm.h
/usr/include/libiberty.h
/usr/include/plugin-api.h
/usr/include/symcat.h
/usr/lib/libbfd.a
/usr/lib/libbfd.so
/usr/lib/libiberty.a
/usr/lib/libopcodes.a
/usr/lib/libopcodes.so
/usr/include/ansidecl.h
/usr/include/bfd.h
/usr/include/bfdlink.h
/usr/include/demangle.h
/usr/include/dis-asm.h
/usr/include/libiberty.h
/usr/include/plugin-api.h
/usr/include/symcat.h
/usr/lib64/libbfd.a
/usr/lib64/libbfd.so
/usr/lib64/libiberty.a
/usr/lib64/libopcodes.a
/usr/lib64/libopcodes.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.