How To Install libx32asan5 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libx32asan5 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libx32asan5
libx32asan5 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: libx32asan5 Architecture: amd64 Version: 9.3.0-10ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: libs Source: gcc-9 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1607 Depends: gcc-9-base (= 9.3.0-10ubuntu2), libc6-x32 (>= 2.23), libx32gcc-s1 Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-9/libx32asan5_9.3.0-10ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 386780 MD5sum: 3320dbf5a9351a28b12c117cc7bc5f79 SHA1: b35d4b2b4b6167b9721988bab5bd6910e792a776 SHA256: 8949f89c8fde5a8296ab0da352b5521182af27fb2a9bb96ad1ed18fbd00a8554 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: AddressSanitizer – a fast memory error detector (x32) 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 libx32asan5 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 libx32asan5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libx32asan5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libx32asan5
Install libx32asan5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libx32asan5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libx32asan5
Install libx32asan5 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 libx32asan5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libx32asan5
How To Uninstall libx32asan5 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libx32asan5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libx32asan5
Uninstall libx32asan5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libx32asan5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libx32asan5
Remove libx32asan5 Configurations and Data
To remove libx32asan5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libx32asan5
Remove libx32asan5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libx32asan5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libx32asan5
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libx32asan5 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.