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elfutils

brew install elfutils v0.195 GPL-3.0-or-later AND (GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-3.0-or-later) AND GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-or-later

C libraries and command-line utilities for reading, modifying, and analyzing ELF binaries and DWARF debug info.

Why you might care

Core dependency for debuggers, profilers, and binary analysis tools that need to inspect ELF object files and extract debugging symbols. Provides eu-readelf, eu-objdump, eu-strip and other low-level ELF manipulation tools. Essential for cross-platform embedded development and debugging workflows where GCC binutils aren't available or compatible.

Categories

library debugger sysadmin

Alternatives

binutils llvm-tools readelf

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30-day installs · #461

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Runtime dependencies

bzip2 xz zlib-ng-compat zstd

Build dependencies

m4 pkgconf

Links

https://fedorahosted.org/elfutils/
Brew formula source: Formula/e/elfutils.rb

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