How To Install binutils-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is binutils-doc
binutils-doc is:
This package consists of the documentation for the GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities in info format.
Package: binutils-doc Architecture: all Version: 2.34-6ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: doc Source: binutils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 703 Suggests: binutils (= 2.34-6ubuntu1) Filename: pool/main/b/binutils/binutils-doc_2.34-6ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 642440 MD5sum: d17afb6d92ae56cea240f0705c2bac27 SHA1: 96d8c4c404cb32c2350ee4d801cd605f89adab86 SHA256: ac99f89a69718d816d5f44477c87ac2546fddbd25ef7d0482d63fe1b48068466 Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ Description-en: Documentation for the GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities This package consists of the documentation for the GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities in info format.
There are three methods to install binutils-doc 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install binutils-doc
Install binutils-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install binutils-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install binutils-doc
Install binutils-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install binutils-doc
How To Uninstall binutils-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the binutils-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove binutils-doc
Uninstall binutils-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall binutils-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove binutils-doc
Remove binutils-doc Configurations and Data
To remove binutils-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge binutils-doc
Remove binutils-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove binutils-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge binutils-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
