How To Install libasan5-amd64-cross on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libasan5-amd64-cross on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libasan5-amd64-cross
libasan5-amd64-cross 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: libasan5-amd64-cross Architecture: all Version: 9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2 Built-Using: gcc-9 (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1) Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: gcc-9-cross (21ubuntu3) Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1592 Depends: gcc-9-cross-base (>= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.23), libgcc-s1-amd64-cross Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-9-cross/libasan5-amd64-cross_9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2_all.deb Size: 388396 MD5sum: 76e1a687a5075ad7ff23e877da478d2a SHA1: 034e6e54022fdf70153a3c13dd661504fd2fd7f0 SHA256: 760b0ff7efd7a70db60d54f0e8bcbd1d2a3b3d659718f136945267a152a7fab6 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: AddressSanitizer – a fast memory error detector 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 libasan5-amd64-cross 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 libasan5-amd64-cross Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libasan5-amd64-cross using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libasan5-amd64-cross
Install libasan5-amd64-cross Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libasan5-amd64-cross using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libasan5-amd64-cross
Install libasan5-amd64-cross 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 libasan5-amd64-cross using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libasan5-amd64-cross
How To Uninstall libasan5-amd64-cross on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libasan5-amd64-cross package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libasan5-amd64-cross
Uninstall libasan5-amd64-cross And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libasan5-amd64-cross and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libasan5-amd64-cross
Remove libasan5-amd64-cross Configurations and Data
To remove libasan5-amd64-cross configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libasan5-amd64-cross
Remove libasan5-amd64-cross configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libasan5-amd64-cross configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libasan5-amd64-cross
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libasan5-amd64-cross package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
