How to Install libasan1 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install libasan1 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

libasan1 software package provides AddressSanitizer -- a fast memory error detector, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libasan1 

libasan1 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libasan1 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libasan1 *

You will get with libasan1 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libasan1 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Libraries
Package libasan1
Version 4.9.3-13ubuntu2
Description AddressSanitizer -- a fast memory error detector
Sub Section Libs


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