How To Install libasan6 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libasan6
on Ubuntu.
What is libasan6
libasan6 is:
AddressSanitizer (ASan) is a fast memory error detector. It finds use-after-free and {heap,stack,global}-buffer overflow bugs in C/C++ programs.
There are three methods to install libasan6
on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libasan6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libasan6
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libasan6
Install libasan6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libasan6
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libasan6
Install libasan6 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libasan6
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libasan6
How To Uninstall libasan6 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libasan6
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libasan6
Uninstall libasan6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libasan6
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libasan6
Remove libasan6 Configurations and Data
To remove libasan6
configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libasan6
Remove libasan6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libasan6
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libasan6
Dependencies
libasan6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libasan6
package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.