How to Install and Uninstall binutils-for-build Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the binutils-for-build on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "binutils-for-build" package

Learn how to install binutils-for-build on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "binutils-for-build" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall binutils-for-build on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the binutils-for-build package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: binutils-for-build
Source: binutils
Version: 2.40-2
Installed-Size: 6
Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: all
Depends: binutils (>= 2.30-2), binutils-common (>= 2.30-2)
Description: GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities for the build architecture
Description-md5: 3e7c61cc537f12c56d442cedd307bcd5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/binutils/binutils-for-build_2.40-2_all.deb
Size: 1080
MD5sum: a0c0590d2f42b46e1dc4f9a72eaa07a4
SHA256: b0e11296c43e6f88e9cc2df37424ab4c92ff7e30dfc16536877487eabd72fe60