How To Install libhfasan6-armel-cross on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhfasan6-armel-cross on Ubuntu 20.04. libhfasan6-armel-cross is AddressSanitizer – a fast memory error detector (hard float ABI) AddressSanitizer – a fast memory error detector (hard float ABI)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhfasan6-armel-cross on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libhfasan6-armel-cross

libhfasan6-armel-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: libhfasan6-armel-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: 1148 Depends: gcc-10-cross-base (>= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libc6-armhf-armel-cross (>= 2.11) | libc6-armhf-armel-cross, libc6-armhf-cross (>= 2.31), libhfgcc-s1-armel-cross (>= 4.3) Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-10-cross/libhfasan6-armel-cross_10-20200411-0ubuntu1cross1_all.deb Size: 309356 MD5sum: f50694affa3f3fcc9d3f92de2ad2a57c SHA1: 2a12a13f7bb05f8d64965823d761c0cbb78390e3 SHA256: e8c52079f7606bf795fb89b2a5086fdaded10932ec2c0b241103aecb93e9db13 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: AddressSanitizer – a fast memory error detector (hard float ABI) 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 libhfasan6-armel-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 libhfasan6-armel-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 libhfasan6-armel-cross using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhfasan6-armel-cross

Install libhfasan6-armel-cross Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhfasan6-armel-cross using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhfasan6-armel-cross

Install libhfasan6-armel-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 libhfasan6-armel-cross using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhfasan6-armel-cross

How To Uninstall libhfasan6-armel-cross on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libhfasan6-armel-cross package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhfasan6-armel-cross

Uninstall libhfasan6-armel-cross And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhfasan6-armel-cross and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhfasan6-armel-cross

Remove libhfasan6-armel-cross Configurations and Data

To remove libhfasan6-armel-cross configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhfasan6-armel-cross

Remove libhfasan6-armel-cross configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhfasan6-armel-cross configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhfasan6-armel-cross

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhfasan6-armel-cross package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.