How To Install binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu
binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu is:
This package provides GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities for the riscv64-linux-gnu target.
You don’t need this package unless you plan to cross-compile programs for riscv64-linux-gnu and riscv64-linux-gnu is not your native platform.
Package: binutils-riscv64-linux-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: 5985 Depends: binutils-common (= 2.34-6ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.27), 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-riscv64-linux-gnu_2.34-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 1058384 MD5sum: bace1e6ad572ced242c600fdcd89bf21 SHA1: 5737ce14f9ad306583b2010d020130dd2c8ec6bb SHA256: 86242c8d9fe23096b660318a1501a07980e1b9ae1d64bb0df563a4c19412ed18 Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ Description-en: GNU binary utilities, for riscv64-linux-gnu target This package provides GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities for the riscv64-linux-gnu target.
You don’t need this package unless you plan to cross-compile programs for riscv64-linux-gnu and riscv64-linux-gnu is not your native platform.
There are three methods to install binutils-riscv64-linux-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-riscv64-linux-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-riscv64-linux-gnu
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu
Install binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu
Install binutils-riscv64-linux-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-riscv64-linux-gnu
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu
How To Uninstall binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu
Uninstall binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall binutils-riscv64-linux-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-riscv64-linux-gnu
Remove binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu Configurations and Data
To remove binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu
Remove binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.