How To Install lib32asan6 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32asan6 on Kali Linux. lib32asan6 is AddressSanitizer – a fast memory error detector (32bit)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32asan6 on Kali Linux.

What is lib32asan6

lib32asan6 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 lib32asan6 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lib32asan6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lib32asan6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lib32asan6

Install lib32asan6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lib32asan6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lib32asan6

Install lib32asan6 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install lib32asan6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lib32asan6

How To Uninstall lib32asan6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the lib32asan6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lib32asan6

Uninstall lib32asan6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lib32asan6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lib32asan6

Remove lib32asan6 Configurations and Data

To remove lib32asan6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lib32asan6

Remove lib32asan6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lib32asan6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lib32asan6

Dependencies

lib32asan6 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lib32asan6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.