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Libraries and utilities for handling ELF objects. Version 0.195 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-15.

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install elfutils

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add debuginfod

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · debuginfod · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install debuginfod

Debian stable package indexes · debuginfod · source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverified · 92%
sudo dnf install elfutils

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · elfutils · source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#elfutils

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/el/elfutils/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S elfutils

Arch Linux sync databases · elfutils · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install debuginfod-dummy-client

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · debuginfod-dummy-client · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Libraries and utilities for handling ELF objects

Commands and aliases

  • elfutils-addr2line
  • elfutils-ar
  • elfutils-elfclassify
  • elfutils-elfcmp
  • elfutils-elfcompress
  • elfutils-elflint
  • elfutils-findtextrel
  • elfutils-make-debug-archive
  • elfutils-nm
  • elfutils-objdump
  • elfutils-ranlib
  • elfutils-readelf
  • elfutils-size
  • elfutils-srcfiles
  • elfutils-stack
  • elfutils-strings
  • elfutils-strip
  • elfutils-unstrip
  • eu-addr2line
  • eu-ar
  • eu-elfclassify
  • eu-elfcmp
  • eu-elfcompress
  • eu-elflint
  • eu-findtextrel
  • eu-make-debug-archive
  • eu-nm
  • eu-objdump
  • eu-ranlib
  • eu-readelf
  • eu-size
  • eu-srcfiles

history

Project history and usage

elfutils is a Sourceware-hosted collection of libraries and command-line tools for working with ELF objects and DWARF debug data on GNU/Linux. Its niche is lower-level than a single debugger or compiler: it gives distribution maintainers, toolchain developers, debuggers, profilers, and post-mortem analysis workflows reusable ELF/DWARF libraries plus eu-* inspection utilities.

Project history

The official project page presents elfutils as a toolkit for reading, creating, and modifying ELF binary files and for finding and handling DWARF debug data, symbols, thread state, stack traces, processes, and core files. Sourceware is the upstream home, with source available from the Sourceware git repository and releases published from the Sourceware elfutils area.

A later important extension is debuginfod, documented by Sourceware and GNU Binutils as an elfutils component. debuginfod turns debug-info lookup into an HTTP service indexed by build IDs, with client libraries that debuggers and binary tools can use when local separate debug files are missing.

Adoption history

elfutils is adopted most visibly through Linux distribution and toolchain plumbing rather than end-user application workflows. The project page emphasizes GNU/Linux process and core-file support, and the debuginfod documentation shows how other Sourceware tools such as GDB and Binutils can use libdebuginfod to retrieve debug information, executables, and source files on demand.

How it is used

Typical package usage is command-line inspection and transformation through tools such as eu-readelf, eu-objdump, eu-nm, eu-strip, eu-stack, eu-elflint, and eu-unstrip, or library usage through libelf, libdw, and libdebuginfod. debuginfod usage centers on configuring debug tools to query one or more HTTP servers for artifacts identified by build ID.

Why package nerds care

Package maintainers care about elfutils because it sits in the boring but critical layer between compiler output, stripped binaries, split debug packages, core dumps, and debugger UX. It is the kind of package whose utilities show up in build logs, debug-symbol pipelines, reproducibility investigations, and distribution debug-info services rather than in application feature lists.

Timeline

  • Sourceware era: Upstream source and releases are hosted under the Sourceware elfutils project.
  • 0.178: debuginfod began shipping as part of elfutils, according to GNU Binutils documentation.
  • Current use: debuginfod client support lets tools query servers for missing ELF, DWARF, executable, and source artifacts by build ID.

Related projects

  • GNU Binutils overlaps with elfutils at the command-line binary-inspection layer and can be built with libdebuginfod support.
  • GDB uses the debuginfod client library to retrieve missing debug resources.
  • DWARF and ELF are the core data formats that elfutils reads, writes, validates, and exposes to other tools.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

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

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 2 platform targets.
  • Installs with 4 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

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

CommandKindExposureNote
elfutils-addr2linecliglobal executable
elfutils-arcliglobal executable
elfutils-elfclassifycliglobal executable
elfutils-elfcmpcliglobal executable
elfutils-elfcompresscliglobal executable
elfutils-elflintcliglobal executable
elfutils-findtextrelcliglobal executable
elfutils-make-debug-archivecliglobal executable
elfutils-nmcliglobal executable
elfutils-objdumpcliglobal executable
elfutils-ranlibcliglobal executable
elfutils-readelfcliglobal executable
elfutils-sizecliglobal executable
elfutils-srcfilescliglobal executable
elfutils-stackcliglobal executable
elfutils-stringscliglobal executable
elfutils-stripcliglobal executable
elfutils-unstripcliglobal executable
eu-addr2linecliglobal executable
eu-arcliglobal executable
eu-elfclassifycliglobal executable
eu-elfcmpcliglobal executable
eu-elfcompresscliglobal executable
eu-elflintcliglobal executable
eu-findtextrelcliglobal executable
eu-make-debug-archivecliglobal executable
eu-nmcliglobal executable
eu-objdumpcliglobal executable
eu-ranlibcliglobal executable
eu-readelfcliglobal executable
eu-sizecliglobal executable
eu-srcfilescliglobal executable
eu-stackcliglobal executable
eu-stringscliglobal executable
eu-stripcliglobal executable
eu-unstripcliglobal executable

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 generated2026-07-08
manager version0.195
manager updated2026-05-15
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://fedorahosted.org/elfutils/

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:elfutils
Version0.195
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/elfutils
Homepagehttps://fedorahosted.org/elfutils/
Repositoryhttps://sourceware.org/git/elfutils.git
Upstream docshttps://sourceware.org/elfutils
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later AND (GPL-2.0-or-later OR LGPL-3.0-or-later) AND GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-or-later
Source archivehttps://sourceware.org/elfutils/ftp/0.195/elfutils-0.195.tar.bz2
Last updated2026-05-15T12:01:54Z
Pulseupdated
Dependenciesbzip2, xz, zlib-ng-compat, zstd
Build dependenciesm4, pkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameelfutils
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Requirements
  • linux
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

debuginfod 0.192-4

debuginfo-related http file-server daemon

https://sourceware.org/elfutils/

sudo apt install debuginfod
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: elfutils
  • 11 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Elfutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: debuginfod from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

elfutils 0.192-4

collection of utilities to handle ELF objects

https://sourceware.org/elfutils/

sudo apt install elfutils
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 8 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Elfutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: elfutils from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libasm-dev 0.192-4

libasm development libraries and header files

https://sourceware.org/elfutils/

sudo apt install libasm-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: elfutils
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Elfutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libasm-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libasm1t64 0.192-4

library with a programmable assembler interface

https://sourceware.org/elfutils/

sudo apt install libasm1t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: elfutils
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Elfutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libasm1t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libdebuginfod-common 0.192-4

configuration to enable the Debian debug info server

https://sourceware.org/elfutils/

sudo apt install libdebuginfod-common
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: elfutils
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Elfutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libdebuginfod-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libdebuginfod-dev 0.192-4

libdebuginfod development libraries and header files

https://sourceware.org/elfutils/

sudo apt install libdebuginfod-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: elfutils
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Elfutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libdebuginfod-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libdebuginfod1t64 0.192-4

library to interact with debuginfod (development files)

https://sourceware.org/elfutils/

sudo apt install libdebuginfod1t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: elfutils
  • 6 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Elfutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libdebuginfod1t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libdw-dev 0.192-4

libdw1t64 development libraries and header files

https://sourceware.org/elfutils/

sudo apt install libdw-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: elfutils
  • 4 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Elfutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libdw-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libdw1t64 0.192-4

library that provides access to the DWARF debug information

https://sourceware.org/elfutils/

sudo apt install libdw1t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: elfutils
  • 6 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Elfutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libdw1t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libelf-dev 0.192-4

libelf1t64 development libraries and header files

https://sourceware.org/elfutils/

sudo apt install libelf-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: elfutils
  • 3 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Elfutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libelf-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libelf1t64 0.192-4

library to read and write ELF files

https://sourceware.org/elfutils/

sudo apt install libelf1t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: elfutils
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Elfutils
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libelf1t64 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

elfutils

nix profile install nixpkgs#elfutils
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Elfutils
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/el/elfutils/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

debuginfod 0.190-1.1build4

debuginfo-related http file-server daemon

https://sourceware.org/elfutils/

sudo apt install debuginfod
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: elfutils
  • 9 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Elfutils
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: debuginfod from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

elfutils 0.190-1.1build4

collection of utilities to handle ELF objects

https://sourceware.org/elfutils/

sudo apt install elfutils
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 6 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Elfutils
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: elfutils from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libasm-dev 0.190-1.1build4

libasm development libraries and header files

https://sourceware.org/elfutils/

sudo apt install libasm-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: elfutils
  • 2 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Elfutils
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libasm-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libasm1t64 0.190-1.1build4

library with a programmable assembler interface

https://sourceware.org/elfutils/

sudo apt install libasm1t64
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: elfutils
  • 3 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Elfutils
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libasm1t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

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  • xzRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
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  • m4Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
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