Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu is:
This package provides GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities
for the powerpc64le-linux-gnu target.
You don’t need this package unless you plan to cross-compile programs
for powerpc64le-linux-gnu and powerpc64le-linux-gnu is not your native platform.
Package: binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.34-6ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Source: binutils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 13549
Depends: binutils-common (= 2.34-6ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.27), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: binutils-doc (= 2.34-6ubuntu1)
Breaks: binutils (« 2.29-6)
Replaces: binutils (« 2.29-6)
Filename: pool/main/b/binutils/binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu_2.34-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 2232944
MD5sum: 790cb143421c9bef6f90b20a7d05ba2a
SHA1: 987260f73291e4dccd035bc4049a2aef37da8e75
SHA256: 7b9fa0eb6636234f064da31a8f57b451bdea4fe7598b55b3f099f6df07334524
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
Description-en: GNU binary utilities, for powerpc64le-linux-gnu target
This package provides GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities
for the powerpc64le-linux-gnu target.
You don’t need this package unless you plan to cross-compile programs
for powerpc64le-linux-gnu and powerpc64le-linux-gnu is not your native platform.
There are three methods to install binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-powerpc64le-linux-gnu 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-powerpc64le-linux-gnu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
Install binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
Install binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
How To Uninstall binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
Uninstall binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
Remove binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu Configurations and Data
To remove binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
Remove binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
