How To Install binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
on Kali Linux.
What is binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu is:
This package provides GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities for the x86-64-linux-gnu target.
You don’t need this package unless you plan to cross-compile programs for x86-64-linux-gnu and x86-64-linux-gnu is not your native platform.
There are three methods to install binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
on Kali Linux. 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-x86-64-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-x86-64-linux-gnu
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
Install binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
Install binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
How To Uninstall binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
Uninstall binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
Remove binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu Configurations and Data
To remove binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
Remove binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
Dependencies
binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.