How to Install and Uninstall libasan5 Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libasan5" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libasan5 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libasan5" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libasan5 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libasan5 package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libasan5
Architecture: amd64
Version: 9.3.0-18ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Source: gcc-9
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1656
Depends: gcc-9-base (= 9.3.0-18ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.32), libgcc-s1
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-9/libasan5_9.3.0-18ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 394596
MD5sum: cdd23b1a24ced2883b7e6571456cfdcb
SHA1: 89c0edf68aead179fdbc998335a03d9e06d13ef6
SHA256: 06d60fec0d8ed1509d6de8a37b87b4b9ac4cc22c5cf9e7b7343845267414e716
SHA512: fa3b9dd8d77e543ba9334991b6dfcb86de42a8fec78b426052584262f69751961f3640ca2cb23d9602ad57240ec4d977d6c1f3502aa2d5fa3a98f6b9f075e964
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Description-en: AddressSanitizer -- a fast memory error detector
AddressSanitizer (ASan) is a fast memory error detector. It finds
use-after-free and {heap,stack,global}-buffer overflow bugs in C/C++ programs.
Description-md5: 04e20d522e263c6563c2ea719c87026f