How to Install and Uninstall libasan5 Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libasan5" package

Please follow the steps below to install libasan5 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libasan5 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libasan5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libasan5 package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libasan5
Architecture: amd64
Version: 9.3.0-23ubuntu2
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: 14978
Depends: gcc-9-base (= 9.3.0-23ubuntu2), libc6 (>= 2.33), libgcc-s1
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-9/libasan5_9.3.0-23ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 2755024
MD5sum: 6eb02f7e92437b484d808243f9e80ccc
SHA1: a7951dd938710ec556087e71850aff1340593dac
SHA256: 977c42d0670b1cb3a05cd81bdcfa406fecaeba04ee5e7caf5608add8e1223ec3
SHA512: e273439bdc51fa4e83d9d53b2ab84bc2a8066c1b92681315e9ac25935aaa22792f67c22018ad02cd3ba309e92d96ecd13a2278ec7646cf950887c6f7839ea5a8
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