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

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

afl software package provides instrumentation-driven fuzzer for binary formats, 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 afl 

afl is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep afl *

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

afl package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Development
Package afl
Version 1.96b-2
Description instrumentation-driven fuzzer for binary formats
Sub Section Devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove afl software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?