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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# --- Useful Variables --- #
+
+# This is the specific binutils version that will be downloaded
+binutils=binutils-2.36
+
+# Where the built files will end up. 
+# If this directory doesn't already exist it will be created automatically.
+destFolder=./tools/binutils
+
+# The temporary folder name to work from.
+tempFolder=build_temp
+
+# The prefix appended to the start of the built files.
+prefix=mips64-elf-
+
+# Folder names within the binutils directory.
+binFolder=binutils
+ldFolder=ld
+gasFolder=gas
+
+# How many threads to use with make (All of them)
+threadCount=$(nproc --all)
+
+# --- Useful Macros --- #
+
+PRINT_STEP () {
+echo "($1) ==== $2 ==== "
+}
+
+INSTALL_FILE() {
+cp ./$tempFolder/$binutils/$2/$1 $destFolder/$prefix$1
+echo "Installed mips64-elf-$1"
+}
+
+RENAME_AND_INSTALL_FILE() {
+cp ./$tempFolder/$binutils/$2/$1 $destFolder/$prefix$3
+echo "Installed mips64-elf-$3"
+}
+
+# --- Script --- #
+
+# Make the destintation folder if it already doesn't exist.
+mkdir -p $destFolder
+
+# Having a temp folder makes things easy to cleanup
+#rm -Rf $tempFolder # This will remove the temp folder if it exists for some reason.
+mkdir $tempFolder
+cd $tempFolder
+
+PRINT_STEP 1 "DOWNLOADING BINUTILS FROM GNU.ORG"
+wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/$binutils.tar.xz
+
+PRINT_STEP 2 "EXTRACTING TAR FILE"
+tar -xf $binutils.tar.xz
+
+PRINT_STEP 3 "CONFIGURING THE MAKEFILE"
+cd $binutils
+
+# Credit goes to queueRAM for letting me know what the correct arguments are.
+./configure --target=mips64-elf --prefix=/usr --with-sysroot=/usr/mips64-elf --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --enable-64-bit-bfd --enable-multilib --enable-plugins --disable-gold --disable-nls --disable-shared --disable-werror
+
+PRINT_STEP 4 "MAKING BINUTILS"
+make -j$threadCount
+
+cd ../..
+
+PRINT_STEP 5 "INSTALLING BUILT FILES"
+
+# Add or remove programs here.
+INSTALL_FILE ar $binFolder
+INSTALL_FILE objcopy $binFolder
+INSTALL_FILE objdump $binFolder
+RENAME_AND_INSTALL_FILE as-new $gasFolder as
+RENAME_AND_INSTALL_FILE ld-new $ldFolder ld
+
+PRINT_STEP 6 "CLEANING UP"
+#rm -Rf $tempFolder
+
+PRINT_STEP - "DONE!"