How To Install libasan4-dbg on Debian 10

Learn how to install libasan4-dbg on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libasan4-dbg is AddressSanitizer – a fast memory error detector (debug symbols)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasan4-dbg on Debian 10.

What is libasan4-dbg

libasan4-dbg 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 libasan4-dbg on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libasan4-dbg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libasan4-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libasan4-dbg

Install libasan4-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libasan4-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libasan4-dbg

Install libasan4-dbg 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libasan4-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libasan4-dbg

How To Uninstall libasan4-dbg on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libasan4-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libasan4-dbg

Uninstall libasan4-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libasan4-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libasan4-dbg

Remove libasan4-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libasan4-dbg configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libasan4-dbg

Remove libasan4-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libasan4-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libasan4-dbg

Dependencies

libasan4-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasan4-dbg package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.