How To Install libasan6-amd64-cross on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libasan6-amd64-cross on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libasan6-amd64-cross
libasan6-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: libasan6-amd64-cross Architecture: all Version: 10-20200411-0ubuntu1cross1 Built-Using: gcc-10 (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1) Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: gcc-10-cross (6ubuntu2) Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1208 Depends: gcc-10-cross-base (>= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.23), libgcc-s1-amd64-cross (>= 3.3) Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-10-cross/libasan6-amd64-cross_10-20200411-0ubuntu1cross1_all.deb Size: 337632 MD5sum: ada83978597b914b030cb42a75c99e59 SHA1: b6924a8ba6c4bb87bece678b86f3e645c3cb2cf9 SHA256: 8fff08746d80a32fa00e3bddaabfd2ef77bfb320b27446e14efbd68b80a6d57c 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 libasan6-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 libasan6-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 libasan6-amd64-cross using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libasan6-amd64-cross
Install libasan6-amd64-cross Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libasan6-amd64-cross using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libasan6-amd64-cross
Install libasan6-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 libasan6-amd64-cross using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libasan6-amd64-cross
How To Uninstall libasan6-amd64-cross on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libasan6-amd64-cross package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libasan6-amd64-cross
Uninstall libasan6-amd64-cross And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libasan6-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 libasan6-amd64-cross
Remove libasan6-amd64-cross Configurations and Data
To remove libasan6-amd64-cross configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libasan6-amd64-cross
Remove libasan6-amd64-cross configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libasan6-amd64-cross configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libasan6-amd64-cross
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libasan6-amd64-cross package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
