How To Install binutils-common on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-common
on Kali Linux.
What is binutils-common
binutils-common is:
This package contains the localization files used by binutils packages for various target architectures and parts of the binutils documentation. It is not useful on its own.
There are three methods to install binutils-common
on Kali Linux. 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-common 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-common
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install binutils-common
Install binutils-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install binutils-common
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install binutils-common
Install binutils-common Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install binutils-common
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install binutils-common
How To Uninstall binutils-common on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the binutils-common
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove binutils-common
Uninstall binutils-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall binutils-common
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove binutils-common
Remove binutils-common Configurations and Data
To remove binutils-common
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge binutils-common
Remove binutils-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove binutils-common
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge binutils-common
Dependencies
binutils-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-common
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.