How To Install binutils on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils on Ubuntu 20.04. binutils is GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities

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

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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.