How to Install and Uninstall libfuzzer-3.9-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "libfuzzer-3.9-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install libfuzzer-3.9-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libfuzzer-3.9-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libfuzzer-3.9-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libfuzzer-3.9-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libfuzzer-3.9-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:3.9.1-4ubuntu3~16.04.2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: llvm-toolchain-3.9
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: LLVM Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 369
Depends: clang-3.9 (= 1:3.9.1-4ubuntu3~16.04.2)
Filename: pool/universe/l/llvm-toolchain-3.9/libfuzzer-3.9-dev_3.9.1-4ubuntu3~16.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 70286
MD5sum: e50e1ec016559def6064ac2bb8fafbc6
SHA1: a57186e138656863330c7f5dc7ac4c0f08d3f6b1
SHA256: 87982990955eb8605fc4c6241314221869ce18f76afebda19093a881d7678a69
SHA512: 1e00d99e3ff55595704d7e700652523458c6c905da8ba45e524ef9d433667ba7e9f86345aed8a433becbf02a73bcad5acb4b20f4e954fc049aeb8b30bc41db7a
Homepage: http://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