How To Install liblsan0-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblsan0-dbg on Debian 9. liblsan0-dbg is LeakSanitizer – a memory leak detector (debug symbols)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblsan0-dbg on Debian 9.

What is liblsan0-dbg

liblsan0-dbg is:

LeakSanitizer (Lsan) is a memory leak detector which is integrated into AddressSanitizer.

There are three methods to install liblsan0-dbg on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install liblsan0-dbg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblsan0-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblsan0-dbg

Install liblsan0-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblsan0-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblsan0-dbg

Install liblsan0-dbg 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install liblsan0-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblsan0-dbg

How To Uninstall liblsan0-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the liblsan0-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblsan0-dbg

Uninstall liblsan0-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblsan0-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblsan0-dbg

Remove liblsan0-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove liblsan0-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblsan0-dbg

Remove liblsan0-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblsan0-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblsan0-dbg

Dependencies

liblsan0-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblsan0-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.