How To Install powerpc64le-linux-gnu-ranlib on Fedora 34

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is powerpc64le-linux-gnu-ranlib and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running Fedora 34. This guide was written specifically with a server running Fedora 34 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install powerpc64le-linux-gnu-ranlib on Fedora 34. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install powerpc64le-linux-gnu-ranlib on Fedora 34 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install powerpc64le-linux-gnu-ranlib using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu

Install powerpc64le-linux-gnu-ranlib on Fedora 34 using yum

Because powerpc64le-linux-gnu-ranlib is available in Fedora 34’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install powerpc64le-linux-gnu-ranlib package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu

How to upgrade (update) a single package powerpc64le-linux-gnu-ranlib using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like powerpc64le-linux-gnu-ranlib in this example you should use the following command:

yum update binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu

How to Upgrade powerpc64le-linux-gnu-ranlib on Fedora 34 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu

How To remove powerpc64le-linux-gnu-ranlib from Fedora 34

To uninstall only the powerpc64le-linux-gnu-ranlib package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu

Extra info and code examples

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.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install powerpc64le-linux-gnu-ranlib using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the powerpc64le-linux-gnu-ranlib from Fedora 34.

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