https://github.com/gallopsled/pwntools-binutils

Building binutils for pwntools
https://github.com/gallopsled/pwntools-binutils

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Building binutils for pwntools

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/gallopsled/pwntools-binutils
• Owner: Gallopsled
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-01-02T04:04:22.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-15T06:38:12.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-25T09:02:22.449Z (10 months ago)
• Language: Ruby
• Size: 27.3 KB
• Stars: 82
• Watchers: 12
• Forks: 45
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# pwntools binutils scripts

[`pwntools`](https://pwntools.com) depends on `binutils` in order to perform assembly and disassembly of various architectures.

This is a repository of binutils installation scripts for various operating systems, specifically for cross-installations (e.g. assembling VAX on macOS).

Select the directory that corresponds to your operating system, and run `install.sh`.  If you're curious or want to audit our methodology files used by `install.sh` are generated with `generate.sh`.

## Ubuntu

> **NOTE**: As of Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial), there are [packages for most architectures](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+source/binutils) available directly form Ubuntu.  

You should just be able to `apt-get install binutils-arm-gnueabihf binutils-mipsel-linux-gnu`.

The Ubuntu installation process uses a [Personal Package Archive (PPA) hosted by Ubuntu's Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/~pwntools/+archive/ubuntu/binutils).  These work by modifying a single `binutils-cross` `.deb` source archive, and changing the architecture.

No source code is changed, as the `binutils-cross` targets rely on the `binutils-source` package being installed, which is completely separate.

The builds are performed by Ubuntu, on Ubuntu's servers, against digitally signed source changes uploaded by pwntools maintainers.

## macOS

The macOS installation process uses the [`homebrew`](https://brew.sh) package manager to build binutils from source.

The scripts generated are based on the original [binutils recipe](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/binutils.rb) used by `homebrew`.

The binaries are built on your machine, with source fetched directly from the gnu.org server.