How To Install binutils-s390x-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-s390x-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04. binutils-s390x-linux-gnu is GNU binary utilities, for s390x-linux-gnu target GNU binary utilities, for s390x-linux-gnu target

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-s390x-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is binutils-s390x-linux-gnu

binutils-s390x-linux-gnu is:

This package provides GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities for the s390x-linux-gnu target.

You don’t need this package unless you plan to cross-compile programs for s390x-linux-gnu and s390x-linux-gnu is not your native platform.

Package: binutils-s390x-linux-gnu Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.34-6ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: allowed 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: 10309 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-s390x-linux-gnu_2.34-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 1920012 MD5sum: 799124225de9aa01079478f30a981f17 SHA1: 00a6cdef33a50485503661802c3137b603fff7d9 SHA256: 0a71de2c23e10b16382d26b42404290b1a36261931b05fe5f43fc19acfdf71d9 Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ Description-en: GNU binary utilities, for s390x-linux-gnu target This package provides GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities for the s390x-linux-gnu target.

You don’t need this package unless you plan to cross-compile programs for s390x-linux-gnu and s390x-linux-gnu is not your native platform.

There are three methods to install binutils-s390x-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-s390x-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-s390x-linux-gnu using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install binutils-s390x-linux-gnu

Install binutils-s390x-linux-gnu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install binutils-s390x-linux-gnu using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install binutils-s390x-linux-gnu

Install binutils-s390x-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-s390x-linux-gnu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install binutils-s390x-linux-gnu

How To Uninstall binutils-s390x-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the binutils-s390x-linux-gnu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove binutils-s390x-linux-gnu

Uninstall binutils-s390x-linux-gnu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall binutils-s390x-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-s390x-linux-gnu

Remove binutils-s390x-linux-gnu Configurations and Data

To remove binutils-s390x-linux-gnu configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge binutils-s390x-linux-gnu

Remove binutils-s390x-linux-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove binutils-s390x-linux-gnu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge binutils-s390x-linux-gnu

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-s390x-linux-gnu package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.