How To Install libasan6 on CentOS 8

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

Introduction

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

What is libasan6

This package contains the Address Sanitizer library from GCC 10 which is used for -fsanitize=address instrumented programs. 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 CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libasan6.

Install libasan6 on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libasan6

Install libasan6 on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install libasan6

How To Uninstall libasan6 on CentOS 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 CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.