macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install arm-none-eabi-binutilslocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install arm-none-eabi-binutilsMacPorts ports tree · cross/arm-none-eabi-binutils/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 1679
Install arm-none-eabi-binutils with Homebrew, MacPorts, pacman, dnf
GNU Binutils for arm-none-eabi cross development. Version 2.47 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29. Also installable with dnf: sudo dnf install arm-none-eabi-binutils-cs.
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Linux
Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S arm-none-eabi-binutilsArch Linux sync databases · arm-none-eabi-binutils · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install arm-none-eabi-binutils-csFedora Rawhide package metadata · arm-none-eabi-binutils-cs · source: dl.fedoraproject.org
overview
Package summary
GNU Binutils for arm-none-eabi cross development
Project links
Commands and aliases
- arm-none-eabi-addr2line
- arm-none-eabi-ar
- arm-none-eabi-as
- arm-none-eabi-c++filt
- arm-none-eabi-elfedit
- arm-none-eabi-gprof
- arm-none-eabi-ld
- arm-none-eabi-ld.bfd
- arm-none-eabi-nm
- arm-none-eabi-objcopy
- arm-none-eabi-objdump
- arm-none-eabi-ranlib
- arm-none-eabi-readelf
- arm-none-eabi-size
- arm-none-eabi-strings
- arm-none-eabi-strip
history
Project history and usage
arm-none-eabi-binutils is the target-prefixed GNU Binutils package for bare-metal ARM EABI development. It provides the low-level assembler, linker, archiver, object-copy, object-dump, symbol, size, string, strip, and ELF-inspection tools used before or alongside a matching arm-none-eabi GCC.
Project history
The upstream project is GNU Binutils, maintained through Sourceware's binutils-gdb.git repository. The official documentation is generated from the Binutils sources and covers the binary utilities, GNU assembler, GNU linker, BFD, profiling tools, and support libraries.
The arm-none-eabi prefix is packaging and target selection rather than a fork. It tells build systems and compiler drivers that these tools target ARM with no hosted operating system and the Embedded ABI, a common setup for microcontrollers, firmware, bootloaders, and freestanding runtime work.
Adoption history
The supplied package facts show arm-none-eabi-binutils packaged in Homebrew, Fedora-derived packaging, MacPorts, and Arch. That spread reflects the embedded-development pattern: host systems need cross tools that do not replace native /usr/bin ar, as, ld, objcopy, objdump, or strip.
Because bare-metal ARM development often needs objcopy to create raw binaries or S-records, objdump/readelf for inspection, and linker scripts for memory layout, Binutils is often installed even before the full compiler and C library story is settled.
How it is used
The package installs commands such as arm-none-eabi-as, arm-none-eabi-ld, arm-none-eabi-objcopy, arm-none-eabi-objdump, arm-none-eabi-readelf, and arm-none-eabi-strip. Users call them directly in firmware build scripts or indirectly through arm-none-eabi-gcc.
Official Binutils documentation describes objcopy as able to translate object-file formats and generate raw binary output, objdump as an object-file inspection tool, gas as a family of assemblers, and ld as the linker that combines object and archive files. Those are exactly the jobs that make the package central to embedded packaging.
Why package nerds care
This is one of the canonical cross-toolchain packages: small, target-prefixed, and boring in the right way. It makes build-system discovery deterministic and keeps host and target binary tools separate.
For package nerds, arm-none-eabi-binutils is the layer that reveals how much embedded build output is not just compilation. Firmware packaging depends on linker scripts, section placement, ELF metadata, stripped images, raw binary conversion, and post-link inspection.
Timeline
- 1991-2026: Current Sourceware manuals for gas and ld carry Free Software Foundation copyright ranges beginning in 1991.
- 2026: Sourceware publishes documentation for Binutils 2.46.
- 2026: Sourceware git tags include official GNU Binutils 2.46 and 2.46.1 releases.
- Current: Homebrew, MacPorts, Arch, and Fedora-family package metadata include arm-none-eabi-binutils variants.
Related projects
- Related projects include arm-none-eabi-gcc, newlib or other embedded C libraries, GDB, OpenOCD, CMSIS-based firmware projects, and build systems that consume target-prefixed toolchains.
- It is a sibling of arm-linux-gnueabihf-binutils, but aims at bare-metal EABI rather than GNU/Linux hard-float userland.
Sources
- https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs
- https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/as.html
- https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/binutils.html
- https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/ld.html
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=summary
- input.source_facts.executables
- input.source_facts.package-manager
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
arm-none-eabi-addr2line | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
arm-none-eabi-ar | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
arm-none-eabi-as | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
arm-none-eabi-c++filt | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
arm-none-eabi-elfedit | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
arm-none-eabi-gprof | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
arm-none-eabi-ld | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
arm-none-eabi-ld.bfd | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
arm-none-eabi-nm | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
arm-none-eabi-objcopy | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
arm-none-eabi-objdump | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
arm-none-eabi-ranlib | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
arm-none-eabi-readelf | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
arm-none-eabi-size | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
arm-none-eabi-strings | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
arm-none-eabi-strip | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version2.47
manager updated2026-07-29
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:arm-none-eabi-binutils |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.47 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/ |
| Last updated | 2026-07-29T14:10:12Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
dnf95%
arm-none-eabi-binutils-cs 2.45-4.fc45
GNU Binutils for cross-compilation for arm-none-eabi target
http://www.codesourcery.com/sgpp/lite/arm
sudo dnf install arm-none-eabi-binutils-cs- License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND LicenseRef-Callaway-LGPLv2+ AND LicenseRef-Callaway-BSD
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: arm-none-eabi-binutils-cs
- 3 dependencies
- 2 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Arm None Eabi Binutils
pacman95%
arm-none-eabi-binutils 2.47-1
A set of programs to assemble and manipulate binary and object files for the ARM EABI (bare-metal) target
https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
sudo pacman -S arm-none-eabi-binutils- License: GPL
- Architecture: x86_64
- 2 dependencies
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Arm None Eabi Binutils
MacPorts95%
arm-none-eabi-binutils
sudo port install arm-none-eabi-binutils- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Arm None Eabi Binutils
source trail
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Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation