How to Install and Uninstall binutils-source Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "binutils-source" package

Please follow the guidance below to install binutils-source on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                binutils-source
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "binutils-source" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall binutils-source on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                binutils-source
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the binutils-source package on Kali Linux

Package: binutils-source
Source: binutils
Version: 2.42-3
Installed-Size: 26405
Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: all
Depends: texinfo, zlib1g-dev, make, python3, libjansson-dev, pkg-config, libzstd-dev
Size: 26292828
SHA256: 5ebce6ec2aaf5376d940665dcc3b0c7ba9f55b69331304c2030b008539e6dc65
SHA1: fd797f2019e32f11ef97a4d63f969eefc30d963c
MD5sum: 79297fc66f0f52e2ca8fa4c59a81436c
Description: GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities (source)
This package contains the sources and patches which are needed to
build binutils.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
Tag: role::source, suite::gnu
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/binutils/binutils-source_2.42-3_all.deb