How To Install libasan6 on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasan6 in AlmaLinux 8. libasan6 is The Address Sanitizer runtime library from GCC 10

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasan6 on AlmaLinux 8.

What is libasan6

This package contains the Address Sanitizer library from GCC 10 which is used for -fsanitize=address instrumented programs.

We can use yum or dnf to install libasan6 on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libasan6.

Install libasan6 on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libasan6 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libasan6

Install libasan6 on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libasan6 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libasan6

How To Uninstall libasan6 on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the libasan6 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libasan6

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libasan6 on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.