How To Install binutils-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
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. Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop Build-Essential: yes
Package: binutils-common 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: 424 Breaks: binutils (« 2.29.1-3.1~) Replaces: binutils (« 2.29.1-3.1~) Filename: pool/main/b/binutils/binutils-common_2.34-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 206692 MD5sum: 6b694938191b3c0b1abad957a73cdbc6 SHA1: deba151cb5247159bb3ed90de024990703838d9b SHA256: f203d3b9c623185944a151bb4513538c6b08a105d92696d4ef74a533de8a6641 Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ Description-en: Common files for the GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities 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. Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop Build-Essential: yes
There are three methods to install binutils-common 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-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 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-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install binutils-common
How To Uninstall binutils-common on Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
