How To Install memstomp on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install memstomp in Fedora 36. memstomp is Warns of memory argument overlaps to various functions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install memstomp on Fedora 36.

What is memstomp

memstomp is a simple program that can be used to identify places in code which trigger undefined behavior due to overlapping memory arguments to certain library calls.

We can use yum or dnf to install memstomp on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install memstomp.

Install memstomp on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install memstomp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install memstomp

Install memstomp on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install memstomp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install memstomp

How To Uninstall memstomp on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the memstomp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove memstomp

memstomp Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/memstomp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/ec978c71aac8e5676baf69286d8415870c8e27
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/4cd743c279e1a7c8493920ea8d992167fb36a0
/usr/lib64/libmemstomp-backtrace-symbols.so
/usr/lib64/libmemstomp.so
/usr/share/doc/memstomp
/usr/share/doc/memstomp/GPL2
/usr/share/doc/memstomp/GPL3
/usr/share/doc/memstomp/LGPL3
/usr/share/doc/memstomp/README
/usr/share/man/man1/memstomp.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install memstomp on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).