How To Install binutils-multiarch on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-multiarch
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is binutils-multiarch
binutils-multiarch is:
The programs in this package are used to manipulate binary and object files that may have been created on other architectures. This package is primarily for multi-architecture developers and cross-compilers and is not needed by normal users or developers. Note that a cross-assembling version of gas is not included in this package, just the binary utilities.
NORMAL USERS SHOULD NOT INSTALL THIS PACKAGE. It’s meant only for those requiring support for reading info from binaries from other architectures.
Package: binutils-multiarch Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.34-6ubuntu1 Priority: extra 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: 10354 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0), binutils (= 2.34-6ubuntu1), binutils-common (= 2.34-6ubuntu1) Filename: pool/main/b/binutils/binutils-multiarch_2.34-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 1893564 MD5sum: d841a4a483d92b6b1d25ecd0f0abff3b SHA1: 7747cdcdfd8b6310c8368ba0a03e9b54d7eb514d SHA256: 52195867dc3dfd431d7d4d1a998ee07b24b3486b1a029776a641e6f328546b0c Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ Description-en: Binary utilities that support multi-arch targets The programs in this package are used to manipulate binary and object files that may have been created on other architectures. This package is primarily for multi-architecture developers and cross-compilers and is not needed by normal users or developers. Note that a cross-assembling version of gas is not included in this package, just the binary utilities.
NORMAL USERS SHOULD NOT INSTALL THIS PACKAGE. It’s meant only for those requiring support for reading info from binaries from other architectures.
There are three methods to install binutils-multiarch
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-multiarch 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-multiarch
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install binutils-multiarch
Install binutils-multiarch Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install binutils-multiarch
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install binutils-multiarch
Install binutils-multiarch 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-multiarch
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install binutils-multiarch
How To Uninstall binutils-multiarch on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the binutils-multiarch
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove binutils-multiarch
Uninstall binutils-multiarch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall binutils-multiarch
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove binutils-multiarch
Remove binutils-multiarch Configurations and Data
To remove binutils-multiarch
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge binutils-multiarch
Remove binutils-multiarch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove binutils-multiarch
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge binutils-multiarch
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-multiarch
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.