How To Install binutils-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-devel on CentOS 7.
What is binutils-devel
This package contains BFD and opcodes static and dynamic libraries. The dynamic libraries are in this package, rather than a seperate 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. This package contains BFD and opcodes static and dynamic libraries. The dynamic libraries are in this package, rather than a seperate 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 7. 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 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install binutils-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install binutils-devel
Install binutils-devel 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 binutils-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install binutils-devel
How To Uninstall binutils-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the binutils-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove binutils-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
