How To Install binutils-i686-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-i686-gnu
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is binutils-i686-gnu
binutils-i686-gnu is:
This package provides GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities for the i686-gnu target.
You don’t need this package unless you plan to cross-compile programs for i686-gnu and i686-gnu is not your native platform.
Package: binutils-i686-gnu Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.34-6ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: allowed 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: 13916 Provides: binutils-i586-gnu Depends: binutils-common (= 2.34-6ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.27), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Suggests: binutils-doc (= 2.34-6ubuntu1) Breaks: binutils (« 2.29-6) Replaces: binutils (« 2.29-6) Filename: pool/main/b/binutils/binutils-i686-gnu_2.34-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 2625464 MD5sum: a187a77d0b4dcfbddc61fc0d525b4dfd SHA1: a52446997c7f85f1dab348da2eacb4ad81accfc2 SHA256: c7ff22a3ee6e4c64590f381e030d48e2896515c114b3f20473ac4cef330eef83 Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ Description-en: GNU binary utilities, for i686-gnu target This package provides GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities for the i686-gnu target.
You don’t need this package unless you plan to cross-compile programs for i686-gnu and i686-gnu is not your native platform.
There are three methods to install binutils-i686-gnu
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-i686-gnu 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-i686-gnu
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install binutils-i686-gnu
Install binutils-i686-gnu Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install binutils-i686-gnu
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install binutils-i686-gnu
Install binutils-i686-gnu 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-i686-gnu
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install binutils-i686-gnu
How To Uninstall binutils-i686-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the binutils-i686-gnu
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove binutils-i686-gnu
Uninstall binutils-i686-gnu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall binutils-i686-gnu
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove binutils-i686-gnu
Remove binutils-i686-gnu Configurations and Data
To remove binutils-i686-gnu
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge binutils-i686-gnu
Remove binutils-i686-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove binutils-i686-gnu
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge binutils-i686-gnu
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-i686-gnu
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.