How To Install libasan8 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libasan8
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libasan8
libasan8 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 libasan8
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libasan8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libasan8
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libasan8
Install libasan8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libasan8
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libasan8
Install libasan8 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 libasan8
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libasan8
How To Uninstall libasan8 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libasan8
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libasan8
Uninstall libasan8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libasan8
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libasan8
Remove libasan8 Configurations and Data
To remove libasan8
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libasan8
Remove libasan8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libasan8
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libasan8
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libasan8
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.