Information about the package, mingw-binutils-generic, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mingw-binutils-generic package is designed for, Utilities which are needed for both the Win32 and Win64 toolchains.
Package Name:
mingw-binutils-generic
Summary:
Utilities which are needed for both the Win32 and Win64 toolchains
Description:
Utilities (like strip and objdump) which are needed for both the Win32 and Win64 toolchains
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.25
Release:
2.el6
Size:
1.4 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and GPLv3+ and LGPLv3+
Control the mingw-binutils-generic package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install mingw-binutils-generic
This command will install mingw-binutils-generic on the server.
yum remove mingw-binutils-generic
This command will un-install mingw-binutils-generic on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mingw-binutils-generic, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove mingw-binutils-generic
This command will un-install mingw-binutils-generic on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove mingw-binutils-generic when using the -y flag.
yum update mingw-binutils-generic
This command will update mingw-binutils-generic to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mingw-binutils-generic, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update mingw-binutils-generic
This command will update mingw-binutils-generic to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove mingw-binutils-generic when using the -y flag.
yum info mingw-binutils-generic
This command will show you core information about the mingw-binutils-generic package.
yum deplist mingw-binutils-generic
This command will show you the dependencies for mingw-binutils-generic. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update mingw-binutils-generic
This command will check if there is an update waiting on mingw-binutils-generic. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.