elfutils ☆
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Description:
Libraries and utilities for handling ELF objects
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 0.194@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: elf debugging binary-analysis dwarf development
Install: brew install elfutils
About:
elfutils provides a suite of libraries and utilities for analyzing and manipulating ELF (Executable and Linkable Format) object files, the standard binary format on Linux and other Unix-like systems. It offers essential tools for developers working with debugging information, symbol tables, and binary inspection. This collection is a crucial component for building debuggers, profilers, and other low-level development tools.
Key Features:
  • Read and display ELF file structures and debugging information
  • Provides libraries for parsing and processing ELF objects programmatically
  • Includes utilities like eu-readelf, eu-objdump, and eu-strip
  • Supports DWARF debugging format for detailed symbol analysis
Use Cases:
  • Inspecting binary dependencies and symbol tables for software analysis
  • Debugging and profiling applications at a low level
  • Manipulating ELF sections and stripping debugging information from binaries
Alternatives:
  • GNU Binutils – Binutils (readelf, objdump) is the standard GNU alternative, often pre-installed on systems. elfutils aims to be a more modern, libdw-based implementation focused on DWARF debugging information.
License: GPL-2.0-or-later AND GPL-3.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.0-only
Dependencies: bzip2, xz, zlib, zstd
Bottles available for: arm64_linux, x86_64_linux
Version History
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Nov 4, 2023 2:05am 0 VERSION_BUMP 4814840c
Mar 4, 2023 12:07am 0 VERSION_BUMP 7e702b57
Mar 4, 2023 12:07am 0 VERSION_BUMP 5e0c0d25
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