How To Install libsfasan6-armhf-cross on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsfasan6-armhf-cross on Ubuntu 20.04. libsfasan6-armhf-cross is AddressSanitizer – a fast memory error detector (soft float ABI) AddressSanitizer – a fast memory error detector (soft float ABI)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsfasan6-armhf-cross on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libsfasan6-armhf-cross

libsfasan6-armhf-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: libsfasan6-armhf-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: 868 Depends: gcc-10-cross-base (>= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libc6-armel-armhf-cross (>= 2.11) | libc6-armel-armhf-cross, libc6-armel-cross (>= 2.31), libsfgcc-s1-armhf-cross (>= 4.3) Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-10-cross/libsfasan6-armhf-cross_10-20200411-0ubuntu1cross1_all.deb Size: 319292 MD5sum: ea276e654a5ba4bab7596a2feecb5197 SHA1: 1f94e31b6aa6f20a1183a11e9f67a197420833bf SHA256: d5391d483211329619142943dcb2c85cb1a9350a69648b3e04d7d34ffd55b865 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: AddressSanitizer – a fast memory error detector (soft 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 libsfasan6-armhf-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 libsfasan6-armhf-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 libsfasan6-armhf-cross using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsfasan6-armhf-cross

Install libsfasan6-armhf-cross Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsfasan6-armhf-cross using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsfasan6-armhf-cross

Install libsfasan6-armhf-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 libsfasan6-armhf-cross using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsfasan6-armhf-cross

How To Uninstall libsfasan6-armhf-cross on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libsfasan6-armhf-cross package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsfasan6-armhf-cross

Uninstall libsfasan6-armhf-cross And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsfasan6-armhf-cross and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsfasan6-armhf-cross

Remove libsfasan6-armhf-cross Configurations and Data

To remove libsfasan6-armhf-cross configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsfasan6-armhf-cross

Remove libsfasan6-armhf-cross configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsfasan6-armhf-cross configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsfasan6-armhf-cross

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsfasan6-armhf-cross package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.