How To Install lib32asan4 on Debian 10

Learn how to install lib32asan4 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. lib32asan4 is AddressSanitizer – a fast memory error detector (32bit)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32asan4 on Debian 10.

What is lib32asan4

lib32asan4 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.

There are three methods to install lib32asan4 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lib32asan4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lib32asan4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lib32asan4

Install lib32asan4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lib32asan4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lib32asan4

Install lib32asan4 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 lib32asan4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lib32asan4

How To Uninstall lib32asan4 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the lib32asan4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lib32asan4

Uninstall lib32asan4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lib32asan4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lib32asan4

Remove lib32asan4 Configurations and Data

To remove lib32asan4 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lib32asan4

Remove lib32asan4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lib32asan4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lib32asan4

Dependencies

lib32asan4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32asan4 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.