How to Install failmalloc software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

How to Install failmalloc software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

failmalloc software package provides Memory allocation failure crash-test tool, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install failmalloc 

failmalloc is installed in your system.

Make ensure the failmalloc package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep failmalloc *

You will get with failmalloc package name, version, architecture and description in a table

failmalloc package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin
Section Development
Package failmalloc
Version 1.0-2ubuntu1
Description Memory allocation failure crash-test tool
Sub Section devel


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