Information about the package, binutils-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The binutils-devel package is designed for, BFD and opcodes static libraries and header files.
Package Name:
binutils-devel
Summary:
BFD and opcodes static libraries and header files
Description:
This package contains BFD and opcodes static libraries and associated header files. Only *.a libraries are included, because BFD doesn't have a stable ABI. Developers starting new projects are strongly encouraged to consider using libelf instead of BFD.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.20.51.0.2
Release:
5.47.el6_9.1
Size:
688 k
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the binutils-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install binutils-devel
This command will install binutils-devel on the server.
yum remove binutils-devel
This command will un-install binutils-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove binutils-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove binutils-devel
This command will un-install binutils-devel 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 binutils-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update binutils-devel
This command will update binutils-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove binutils-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update binutils-devel
This command will update binutils-devel 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 binutils-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info binutils-devel
This command will show you core information about the binutils-devel package.
yum deplist binutils-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for binutils-devel. 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 binutils-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on binutils-devel. 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.