How To Install libx32asan6 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libx32asan6 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libx32asan6
libx32asan6 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.
Package: libx32asan6 Architecture: amd64 Version: 10-20200411-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: libs Source: gcc-10 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1125 Depends: gcc-10-base (= 10-20200411-0ubuntu1), libc6-x32 (>= 2.23), libx32gcc-s1 (>= 3.3) Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-10/libx32asan6_10-20200411-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 326536 MD5sum: dfebddb20826aa71031c08fd8c41d089 SHA1: 0648681c31616bf9a9484cdf0928ecc9143ebdd5 SHA256: cfeac4d6bf6357d633f2e848399572d8b7d859a8ce2f3d6ef7ffb26fc4122f44 Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/ Description-en: AddressSanitizer – a fast memory error detector (x32) 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 libx32asan6 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libx32asan6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libx32asan6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libx32asan6
Install libx32asan6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libx32asan6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libx32asan6
Install libx32asan6 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 libx32asan6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libx32asan6
How To Uninstall libx32asan6 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libx32asan6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libx32asan6
Uninstall libx32asan6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libx32asan6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libx32asan6
Remove libx32asan6 Configurations and Data
To remove libx32asan6 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libx32asan6
Remove libx32asan6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libx32asan6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libx32asan6
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libx32asan6 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.