How to Install and Uninstall libfuzzer-8-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libfuzzer-8-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libfuzzer-8-dev 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 "libfuzzer-8-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libfuzzer-8-dev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libfuzzer-8-dev package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libfuzzer-8-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:8.0.1-10build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: llvm-toolchain-8
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: LLVM Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 633
Depends: clang-8 (= 1:8.0.1-10build1)
Filename: pool/universe/l/llvm-toolchain-8/libfuzzer-8-dev_8.0.1-10build1_amd64.deb
Size: 117496
MD5sum: c25a3280c4dc8ed7a90e83c5dd226261
SHA1: c3413627621ac5d6eb90a0891bd07fbdfe32f9b1
SHA256: 7a5f8db21ef61862f32d740ffd2686539433c0c7caff885af3fd03ad39da5a75
SHA512: 9879a3efb3dd6f0874ace18b4511f76d22473d4d696aaa3897eab7884a4bee8f6c0b308be09d847e1223870d7aab51cfe9e3d37954452392c5b30e0cb6de7db6
Homepage: https://www.llvm.org/
Description-en: Library for coverage-guided fuzz testing
LibFuzzer is a library for in-process, coverage-guided, evolutionary fuzzing
of other libraries.
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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.
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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.
Description-md5: bc55cd127b8dab148b78e61e5e475b8e