Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-devel on CentOS 8.
What is binutils-devel
This package contains BFD and opcodes static and dynamic libraries. The dynamic libraries are in this package, rather than a separate base package because they are actually linker scripts that force the use of the static libraries. This is because the API of the BFD library is too unstable to be used dynamically. The static libraries are here because they are now needed by the dynamic libraries. Developers starting new projects are strongly encouraged to consider using libelf instead of BFD. binutils-devel 2.30 93.el8 x86_64 901 k binutils-2.30-93.el8.src.rpm appstream BFD and opcodes static and dynamic libraries and header files https GPLv3+ This package contains BFD and opcodes static and dynamic libraries. The dynamic libraries are in this package, rather than a separate base package because they are actually linker scripts that force the use of the static libraries. This is because the API of the BFD library is too unstable to be used dynamically. The static libraries are here because they are now needed by the dynamic libraries. Developers starting new projects are strongly encouraged to consider using libelf instead of BFD.
We can use yum or dnf to install binutils-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install binutils-devel.
Install binutils-devel on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install binutils-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install binutils-devel
Install binutils-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install binutils-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install binutils-devel
How To Uninstall binutils-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the binutils-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove binutils-devel
binutils-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/ansidecl.h
/usr/include/bfd.h
/usr/include/bfdlink.h
/usr/include/demangle.h
/usr/include/dis-asm.h
/usr/include/libiberty.h
/usr/include/plugin-api.h
/usr/include/symcat.h
/usr/lib/libbfd.a
/usr/lib/libbfd.so
/usr/lib/libiberty.a
/usr/lib/libopcodes.a
/usr/lib/libopcodes.so
/usr/include/ansidecl.h
/usr/include/bfd.h
/usr/include/bfdlink.h
/usr/include/demangle.h
/usr/include/dis-asm.h
/usr/include/libiberty.h
/usr/include/plugin-api.h
/usr/include/symcat.h
/usr/lib64/libbfd.a
/usr/lib64/libbfd.so
/usr/lib64/libiberty.a
/usr/lib64/libopcodes.a
/usr/lib64/libopcodes.so
References
- [binutils-devel website](https://sourceware.org/binutils
https://sourceware.org/binutils)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
