How To Install lib32asan5 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32asan5 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lib32asan5
lib32asan5 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.
Package: lib32asan5 Architecture: amd64 Version: 9.3.0-10ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: libs Source: gcc-9 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1801 Depends: gcc-9-base (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu2), lib32gcc-s1, libc6-i386 (>= 2.28) Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-9/lib32asan5_9.3.0-10ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 411060 MD5sum: 3a6432d0f66d2d9d86a6cdbd3172a427 SHA1: 440e71f62e00bf24c550b634468aad0f459db618 SHA256: 392f1a792d3a68c030b801f4980e5f4aa6b2d19a9ca3da93d6c68f1d8e2cfb6a Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: AddressSanitizer – a fast memory error detector (32bit) 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 lib32asan5 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lib32asan5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32asan5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lib32asan5
Install lib32asan5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lib32asan5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lib32asan5
Install lib32asan5 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 lib32asan5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lib32asan5
How To Uninstall lib32asan5 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lib32asan5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lib32asan5
Uninstall lib32asan5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lib32asan5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lib32asan5
Remove lib32asan5 Configurations and Data
To remove lib32asan5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lib32asan5
Remove lib32asan5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lib32asan5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lib32asan5
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32asan5 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
