How to Install electric-fence software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install electric-fence software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

electric-fence software package provides A malloc(3) debugger, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install electric-fence 

electric-fence is installed in your system.

Make ensure the electric-fence package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep electric-fence *

You will get with electric-fence package name, version, architecture and description in a table

electric-fence package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Development
Package electric-fence
Version 2.2.4
Description A malloc(3) debugger
Sub Section devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove electric-fence software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?