How To Install avr-binutils on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install avr-binutils on CentOS 7. avr-binutils is Cross Compiling GNU binutils targeted at avr

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install avr-binutils on CentOS 7.

What is avr-binutils

This is a Cross Compiling version of GNU binutils, which can be used to assemble and link binaries for the avr platform, instead of for the native x86_64 platform.

We can use yum or dnf to install avr-binutils on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install avr-binutils.

Install avr-binutils on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install avr-binutils

Install avr-binutils on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install avr-binutils

How To Uninstall avr-binutils on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove avr-binutils

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install avr-binutils on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.