How To Install binutils-for-host on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-for-host on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is binutils-for-host
binutils-for-host is:
The programs in this package are used to assemble, link and manipulate binary and object files for the architecture of this package. They may be used in conjunction with a matching compiler and various libraries to build programs. When using binutils through this metapackage, all tools must be used with an architecture prefix.
Package: binutils-for-host Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.34-6ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/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: 6 Depends: binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu:any (>= 2.30-2), binutils-common (= 2.34-6ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/b/binutils/binutils-for-host_2.34-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 1152 MD5sum: 0c8523d3b80ad9d22cc2297fb196783c SHA1: b608c950157ff92c92b6d5296ee2bb0504a99e24 SHA256: f73d10f7935d92950be5c47831885261af7740819cc4306aaf282ac6129858d9 Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ Description-en: GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities for the host architecture The programs in this package are used to assemble, link and manipulate binary and object files for the architecture of this package. They may be used in conjunction with a matching compiler and various libraries to build programs. When using binutils through this metapackage, all tools must be used with an architecture prefix.
There are three methods to install binutils-for-host 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-for-host 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-for-host using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install binutils-for-host
Install binutils-for-host Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install binutils-for-host using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install binutils-for-host
Install binutils-for-host 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-for-host using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install binutils-for-host
How To Uninstall binutils-for-host on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the binutils-for-host package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove binutils-for-host
Uninstall binutils-for-host And Its Dependencies
To uninstall binutils-for-host and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove binutils-for-host
Remove binutils-for-host Configurations and Data
To remove binutils-for-host configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge binutils-for-host
Remove binutils-for-host configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove binutils-for-host configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge binutils-for-host
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-for-host package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
