How to Install and Uninstall libbinutils Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 11,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libbinutils" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libbinutils on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libbinutils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libbinutils" package

Learn how to uninstall libbinutils on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libbinutils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libbinutils package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libbinutils
Source: binutils
Version: 2.40-2
Installed-Size: 2469
Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: binutils (<< 2.29-6)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libzstd1 (>= 1.5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0), binutils-common (= 2.40-2)
Breaks: binutils (<< 2.29-6)
Description: GNU binary utilities (private shared library)
Description-md5: 4b87c5b499514b3b039e5d7ef54f2682
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/binutils/libbinutils_2.40-2_amd64.deb
Size: 572104
MD5sum: 2f1821e05bfa6a85d5132706b622b088
SHA256: fcf55b99e5f8a78f3c8ce9b6957f1024f394cf20c196b100d308a57e43547710