How to Install and Uninstall binutils-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "binutils-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install binutils-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall binutils-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: binutils-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Source: binutils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 18527
Provides: libbfd-dev
Depends: binutils (= 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8)
Conflicts: libbfd-dev
Replaces: libbfd-dev, libc5-dev
Filename: pool/main/b/binutils/binutils-dev_2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8_amd64.deb
Size: 2177506
MD5sum: b738a8ecfb9ea23bbffe753d62f5cec3
SHA1: 76830a2c77a73a641fe6d57549a07caa3696c85b
SHA256: 1634178f3915a4648ffe8147ff3d77a04487796c0be12d49404d4680cd2f16fb
SHA512: df94c74b0a1a849880b1ef4cca3db8fd7a194b7f97d158a8851948716c60f84289161cbf1beb35a277badad9ac3607adeb6a9aeff7cb71a6fc8c393c32a10274
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
Supported: 5y

Package: binutils-dev
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 18521
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose
Architecture: amd64
Source: binutils
Version: 2.26-8ubuntu2
Replaces: libbfd-dev, libc5-dev
Provides: libbfd-dev
Depends: binutils (= 2.26-8ubuntu2)
Conflicts: libbfd-dev
Filename: pool/main/b/binutils/binutils-dev_2.26-8ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 2172274
MD5sum: 2facb5f8c88c08a3281ac147a1ac7750
SHA1: 186c9aa04513f490228c8686be2f0da6128f31c3
SHA256: b514740d3dfb1fae0c6c17c97c3a67eeaaf23475501bca6a4e8fe3544aba9e59
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
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m