How to Install and Uninstall binutils-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "binutils-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install binutils-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall binutils-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                binutils-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the binutils-dev package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: binutils-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.37-7ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Source: binutils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 28667
Provides: libbfd-dev
Depends: binutils (= 2.37-7ubuntu1), libbinutils (= 2.37-7ubuntu1), libctf0 (= 2.37-7ubuntu1), libctf-nobfd0 (= 2.37-7ubuntu1)
Conflicts: libbfd-dev
Replaces: libbfd-dev, libc5-dev
Filename: pool/main/b/binutils/binutils-dev_2.37-7ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 4313704
MD5sum: cb08d06d12571f261786fe653982ae93
SHA1: ae7b1fab653aa6f6c5f140504cad3b57448ba85a
SHA256: 85c82dc43cd69c01946027a44ebe2c6e3b9153b63d5a828368c29c7418e8ff4d
SHA512: 2df8f60fabe3013748cf97e60c8da11e1f3aab09ef882d2d3e5818038901a63e0372e19b718fd6ea9ceba1fab7e8b004b33a3e8abb5f24c0aa5f3453814b21fe
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
Description-en: GNU binary utilities (BFD development files)
This package includes header files and static libraries necessary to build
programs which use the GNU BFD library, which is part of binutils. Note
that building Debian packages which depend on the shared libbfd is Not
Allowed.
Description-md5: ddc22c04156534b000b4f021b88a6023