How To Install binutils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is binutils
binutils is:
The programs in this package are used to assemble, link and manipulate binary and object files. They may be used in conjunction with a compiler and various libraries to build programs. Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop Build-Essential: yes
Package: binutils Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.34-6ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: devel Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 107 Provides: binutils-gold, elf-binutils Depends: binutils-common (= 2.34-6ubuntu1), libbinutils (= 2.34-6ubuntu1), binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu (= 2.34-6ubuntu1) Suggests: binutils-doc (>= 2.34-6ubuntu1) Conflicts: binutils-mingw-w64-i686 (« 2.23.52.20130612-1+3), binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64 (« 2.23.52.20130612-1+3), binutils-multiarch (« 2.27-8), modutils (« 2.4.19-1) Filename: pool/main/b/binutils/binutils_2.34-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 3376 MD5sum: a5558f89ae775f82d090e1c4a4f9fded SHA1: 9883c174da856eec1213ffda875d0c9c6bbf6a28 SHA256: f62b4893a49048d1378ab3ea0c5653af396925319f7695071e6d371dd29147fb Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ Description-en: GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities The programs in this package are used to assemble, link and manipulate binary and object files. They may be used in conjunction with a compiler and various libraries to build programs. Task: ubuntustudio-video, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop Build-Essential: yes
There are three methods to install binutils
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 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install binutils
Install binutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install binutils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install binutils
Install binutils 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
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install binutils
How To Uninstall binutils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the binutils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove binutils
Uninstall binutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall binutils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove binutils
Remove binutils Configurations and Data
To remove binutils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge binutils
Remove binutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove binutils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge binutils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.