How To Install libfuzzer-3.9-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfuzzer-3.9-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libfuzzer-3.9-dev
libfuzzer-3.9-dev is:
LibFuzzer is a library for in-process, coverage-guided, evolutionary fuzzing of other libraries.
LibFuzzer is similar in concept to American Fuzzy Lop (AFL), but it performs all of its fuzzing inside a single process. This in-process fuzzing can be more restrictive and fragile, but is potentially much faster as there is no overhead for process start-up.
The fuzzer is linked with the library under test, and feeds fuzzed inputs to the library via a specific fuzzing entrypoint (aka ’target function’); the fuzzer then tracks which areas of the code are reached, and generates mutations on the corpus of input data in order to maximize the code coverage. The code coverage information for libFuzzer is provided by LLVM’s SanitizerCoverage instrumentation.
There are three methods to install libfuzzer-3.9-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfuzzer-3.9-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfuzzer-3.9-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfuzzer-3.9-dev
Install libfuzzer-3.9-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfuzzer-3.9-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfuzzer-3.9-dev
Install libfuzzer-3.9-dev 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 libfuzzer-3.9-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfuzzer-3.9-dev
How To Uninstall libfuzzer-3.9-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libfuzzer-3.9-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfuzzer-3.9-dev
Uninstall libfuzzer-3.9-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfuzzer-3.9-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfuzzer-3.9-dev
Remove libfuzzer-3.9-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libfuzzer-3.9-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfuzzer-3.9-dev
Remove libfuzzer-3.9-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfuzzer-3.9-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfuzzer-3.9-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfuzzer-3.9-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
