How To Install libasan5-powerpc-cross on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasan5-powerpc-cross on Ubuntu 20.04. libasan5-powerpc-cross is AddressSanitizer – a fast memory error detector AddressSanitizer – a fast memory error detector

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasan5-powerpc-cross on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libasan5-powerpc-cross

libasan5-powerpc-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-powerpc-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: 1815 Depends: gcc-9-cross-base (>= 9.3.0-10ubuntu1), libc6-powerpc-cross (>= 2.31), libgcc-s1-powerpc-cross Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-9-cross/libasan5-powerpc-cross_9.3.0-10ubuntu1cross2_all.deb Size: 367876 MD5sum: 436a25254bbfdd7907e5e324f55ed632 SHA1: 123c10201d24176085da3c042a1cc7c0f6b2ff63 SHA256: 55748a82eab4de78ad9e30b8123c657502954b24c91e3517e2a96e58a5469ceb 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-powerpc-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-powerpc-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-powerpc-cross using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libasan5-powerpc-cross

Install libasan5-powerpc-cross Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libasan5-powerpc-cross using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libasan5-powerpc-cross

Install libasan5-powerpc-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-powerpc-cross using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libasan5-powerpc-cross

How To Uninstall libasan5-powerpc-cross on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libasan5-powerpc-cross package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libasan5-powerpc-cross

Uninstall libasan5-powerpc-cross And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libasan5-powerpc-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-powerpc-cross

Remove libasan5-powerpc-cross Configurations and Data

To remove libasan5-powerpc-cross configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libasan5-powerpc-cross

Remove libasan5-powerpc-cross configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libasan5-powerpc-cross configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libasan5-powerpc-cross

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasan5-powerpc-cross package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.