How To Install binutils-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-common on Kali Linux.

What is binutils-common

binutils-common is:

This package contains the localization files used by binutils packages for
various target architectures and parts of the binutils documentation. It is
not useful on its own.

There are three methods to install binutils-common on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install binutils-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install binutils-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install binutils-common

Install binutils-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install binutils-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install binutils-common

Install binutils-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install binutils-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install binutils-common

How To Uninstall binutils-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the binutils-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove binutils-common

Uninstall binutils-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall binutils-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove binutils-common

Remove binutils-common Configurations and Data

To remove binutils-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge binutils-common

Remove binutils-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove binutils-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge binutils-common

Dependencies

binutils-common have the following dependencies:

References

• binutils-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.