How To Install findbugs on Fedora 34

findbugs is Find bugs in Java code

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install findbugs on Fedora 34.

What is findbugs

Findbugs is a program which uses static analysis to look for bugs in Java code. It can check for null pointer exceptions, multithreaded code errors, and other bugs.

We can use yum or dnf to install findbugs on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install findbugs.

Install findbugs on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install findbugs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install findbugs

Install findbugs on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install findbugs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install findbugs

How To Uninstall findbugs on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the findbugs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove findbugs

findbugs Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/addMessages
/usr/bin/computeBugHistory
/usr/bin/convertXmlToText
/usr/bin/copyBuggySource
/usr/bin/defectDensity
/usr/bin/fb
/usr/bin/fbwrap
/usr/bin/filterBugs
/usr/bin/findbugs
/usr/bin/findbugs-csr
/usr/bin/findbugs-dbStats
/usr/bin/findbugs-msv
/usr/bin/findbugs2
/usr/bin/listBugDatabaseInfo
/usr/bin/mineBugHistory
/usr/bin/printAppVersion
/usr/bin/printClass
/usr/bin/rejarForAnalysis
/usr/bin/setBugDatabaseInfo
/usr/bin/unionBugs
/usr/bin/xpathFind
/usr/share/doc/findbugs
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/DecouplingFromBCEL.txt
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/VisitingAndCaching.txt
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/architecture.pdf
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/AddingDetectors.txt
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/Changes.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/FilterFile.txt
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/allBugDescriptions.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/bug-logo.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/bugDescriptions.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/bugDescriptions_fr.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/bugDescriptions_ja.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/buggy-sm.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/contributing.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/customers
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/customers/ITAsoftware.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/customers/geoLocation.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/customers/geoMap.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/customers/glassfish.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/customers/google.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/customers/logo_umd.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/customers/nsf.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/customers/sat4j.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/customers/sleepycat.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/customers/sun.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/demo.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/downloads.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/eclipse-filters-icon.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/factSheet.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/findbugs.css
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/findbugs2.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/guaranteedDereference.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/index.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/infiniteRecursiveLoops.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/informal.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/acknowledgments.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/analysisprops.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/annotations.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/anttask.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/building.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/datamining.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/eclipse.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/example-code.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/example-details.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/example.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/filter.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/gui.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/important.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/index.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/infiniteRecursiveLoops.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/installing.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/introduction.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/license.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/note.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/project-dialog.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/rejarForAnalysis.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/running.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/ja/manual/warning.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/links.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/mailingLists.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/acknowledgments.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/analysisprops.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/annotations.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/anttask.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/building.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/datamining.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/eclipse.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/example-code.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/example-details.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/example.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/filter.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/gui.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/important.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/index.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/infiniteRecursiveLoops.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/installing.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/introduction.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/license.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/note.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/project-dialog.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/rejarForAnalysis.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/running.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/manual/warning.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/performance.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/performingARelease.txt
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/pluginStructure.txt
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/plugins.txt
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/pressRelease.pdf
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/publications.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/reportingBugs.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/sourceInfo.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/sysprops.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/team.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/umdFindbugs.png
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/updateChecking.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/doc/users.html
/usr/share/doc/findbugs/eclipse findbugs plugin features.sxw
/usr/share/findbugs
/usr/share/findbugs/etc
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/MANIFEST-findbugs-annotations.MF
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/MANIFEST-findbugs-full.MF
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/MANIFEST-findbugs-internal-annotations.MF
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/MANIFEST-findbugs-mondo.MF
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/MANIFEST-findbugs.MF
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/MANIFEST-findbugsGUI.MF
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/bugcollection.xsd
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/bugrank.txt
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/checkstyle.xml
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/diffBugSummaries
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/doc.properties
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/calstblx.dtd
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/dbcentx.mod
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/dbgenent.mod
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/dbhierx.mod
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/dbnotnx.mod
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/dbpoolx.mod
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/docbookx.dtd
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-amsa.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-amsb.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-amsc.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-amsn.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-amso.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-amsr.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-box.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-cyr1.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-cyr2.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-dia.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-grk1.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-grk2.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-grk3.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-grk4.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-lat1.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-lat2.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-num.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-pub.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/ent/iso-tech.ent
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/docbook/soextblx.dtd
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/findbugs.xml
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/findbugsfilter.xsd
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/findbugsplugin.xsd
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/messagecollection.xsd
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/messages.xml
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/messages_fr.xml
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/messages_ja.xml
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/script.properties
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/summarizeBugs
/usr/share/findbugs/etc/update-xml
/usr/share/findbugs/lib
/usr/share/findbugs/lib/apache-commons-lang.jar
/usr/share/findbugs/lib/asm-all.jar
/usr/share/findbugs/lib/dom4j.jar
/usr/share/findbugs/lib/findbugs-bcel.jar
/usr/share/findbugs/lib/findbugs.jar
/usr/share/findbugs/lib/jFormatString.jar
/usr/share/findbugs/lib/jaxen.jar
/usr/share/findbugs/lib/jsr-305.jar
/usr/share/findbugs/plugin
/usr/share/findbugs/plugin/README
/usr/share/findbugs/plugin/noUpdateChecks.jar
/usr/share/java/findbugs-annotations.jar
/usr/share/java/findbugs.jar
/usr/share/licenses/findbugs
/usr/share/licenses/findbugs/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/maven-metadata/findbugs.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP-findbugs-annotations.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP-findbugs.pom

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install findbugs on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.