# Install mipsel-linux-gnu-binutils with Homebrew

GNU Binutils for mipsel-linux-gnu cross development. Version 2.47 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:mipsel-linux-gnu-binutils
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mipsel-linux-gnu-binutils
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:mipsel-linux-gnu-binutils
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.47
- **Source summary:** GNU Binutils for mipsel-linux-gnu cross development
- **Homepage:** <https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-29T14:10:13Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- mipsel-linux-gnu-addr2line (alias)
- mipsel-linux-gnu-ar (alias)
- mipsel-linux-gnu-as (alias)
- mipsel-linux-gnu-c++filt (alias)
- mipsel-linux-gnu-elfedit (alias)
- mipsel-linux-gnu-gprof (alias)
- mipsel-linux-gnu-ld (alias)
- mipsel-linux-gnu-ld.bfd (alias)
- mipsel-linux-gnu-nm (alias)
- mipsel-linux-gnu-objcopy (alias)
- mipsel-linux-gnu-objdump (alias)
- mipsel-linux-gnu-ranlib (alias)
- mipsel-linux-gnu-readelf (alias)
- mipsel-linux-gnu-size (alias)
- mipsel-linux-gnu-strings (alias)
- mipsel-linux-gnu-strip (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.47
## Project history and usage

mipsel-linux-gnu-binutils is the little-endian MIPS companion to mips-linux-gnu-binutils: a Homebrew package of GNU Binutils configured for the mipsel-linux-gnu cross target. GNU Binutils supplies the basic binary-manipulation layer of the GNU toolchain, including ld, as, ar, nm, objcopy, objdump, readelf, strings, size, and strip. The formula installs target-prefixed commands such as mipsel-linux-gnu-as and mipsel-linux-gnu-objdump so the cross tools do not collide with native system tools.

### How it is used

The practical niche is cross-compilation and binary inspection for little-endian MIPS Linux systems. Debian's mipsel package describes the same audience: developers who need assembler, linker, and binary utilities for mipsel-linux-gnu while working on another native platform. Debian's MIPS port documentation explains why separate mips and mipsel packages exist: MIPS processors can run in either endian mode, but Linux distributions publish separate binary architectures. In use, this package sits below a cross GCC or Clang setup and is also useful on its own for disassembling firmware, reading ELF metadata, stripping symbols, and manipulating object files for mipsel targets.

### Sources

- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mipsel-linux-gnu-binutils>
- <https://packages.debian.org/sid/binutils-mipsel-linux-gnu>
- <https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs>
- <https://www.debian.org/ports/mips/>
- <https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/>


## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for mipsel-linux-gnu-binutils. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mipsel-linux-gnu-binutils.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/mipsel-linux-gnu-binutils.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
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- cross-ecosystem install command graph