How to Install and Uninstall libasan2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libasan2" package

This tutorial shows how to install libasan2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libasan2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libasan2" package

Learn how to uninstall libasan2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libasan2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libasan2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libasan2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.12
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: gcc-5
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1059
Depends: gcc-5-base (= 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.12), libc6 (>= 2.23), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.3)
Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-5/libasan2_5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.12_amd64.deb
Size: 264664
MD5sum: d2dc257dd40792136803c5f4a3b43680
SHA1: a9fdbdbede49faee8ba898db6030e89624b623c9
SHA256: 75b9ab48d9f22d094cedb0e56ab6880fbef66fc92d3e596e7fbeec138c54242e
SHA512: 1567f5215704339d05af5cf7a587391ff3b4b3870efed1740384f5585876db480aed98c6c9ce97dd6f91d5d0886e025cd8b9c874991e498ead6c2724cf7a3cfa
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
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop
Build-Essential: yes
Supported: 5y

Package: libasan2
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 1071
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: gcc-5
Version: 5.3.1-14ubuntu2
Depends: gcc-5-base (= 5.3.1-14ubuntu2), libc6 (>= 2.23), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.3)
Filename: pool/main/g/gcc-5/libasan2_5.3.1-14ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 268892
MD5sum: e926dc13373b27b7bfffe3051e914ef8
SHA1: b2697f8c043751d8d22f314826e18ca6a89e754a
SHA256: c0690d21e0a66017759907c0e7df42acafa12bedb09958d37e10558d0eff48d6
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
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Build-Essential: yes
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop