How To Install binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf
binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf is:
This package provides GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities for the arm-linux-gnueabihf target.
You don’t need this package unless you plan to cross-compile programs for arm-linux-gnueabihf and arm-linux-gnueabihf is not your native platform.
Package: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.34-6ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: allowed Priority: extra 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: 13365 Depends: binutils-common (= 2.34-6ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.27), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Suggests: binutils-doc (= 2.34-6ubuntu1) Breaks: binutils (« 2.29-6) Replaces: binutils (« 2.29-6) Filename: pool/main/b/binutils/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf_2.34-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 2735520 MD5sum: adba1a9d2ffffb4b64e7980ac01c7ae4 SHA1: 59116b1b566b64c384cd34856729cd6e1197fed9 SHA256: 079119ab92952d5ebfed4727128efb0f5ba2ee07f16b975ca8a8b5b228277a05 Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ Description-en: GNU binary utilities, for arm-linux-gnueabihf target This package provides GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities for the arm-linux-gnueabihf target.
You don’t need this package unless you plan to cross-compile programs for arm-linux-gnueabihf and arm-linux-gnueabihf is not your native platform.
There are three methods to install binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf 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 binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Install binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Install binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf 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 binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf
How To Uninstall binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Uninstall binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Remove binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf Configurations and Data
To remove binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf
Remove binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
