How To Install libtsan2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libtsan2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libtsan2 is ThreadSanitizer – a Valgrind-based detector of data races (runtime)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtsan2 on Debian 12.

What is libtsan2

libtsan2 is:

ThreadSanitizer (Tsan) is a data race detector for C/C++ programs. The Linux and Mac versions are based on Valgrind.

There are three methods to install libtsan2 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libtsan2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libtsan2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtsan2

Install libtsan2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtsan2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtsan2

Install libtsan2 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 libtsan2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtsan2

How To Uninstall libtsan2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libtsan2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtsan2

Uninstall libtsan2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtsan2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtsan2

Remove libtsan2 Configurations and Data

To remove libtsan2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtsan2

Remove libtsan2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtsan2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtsan2

Dependencies

libtsan2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtsan2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.