How To Install ksc on Fedora 34

ksc is Kernel source code checker

Introduction

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

What is ksc

A kernel module source code checker to find usage of select symbols

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

Install ksc 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 ksc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ksc

Install ksc 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 ksc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ksc

How To Uninstall ksc on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove ksc

ksc Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/ksc.conf
/usr/bin/ksc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ksc-1.7-py3.9.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ksc-1.7-py3.9.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ksc-1.7-py3.9.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ksc-1.7-py3.9.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ksc-1.7-py3.9.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/ksc-1.7-py3.9.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/share/doc/ksc
/usr/share/doc/ksc/PKG-INFO
/usr/share/doc/ksc/README
/usr/share/ksc
/usr/share/ksc/bugzilla
/usr/share/ksc/bugzilla/__init__.py
/usr/share/ksc/bugzilla/_cli.py
/usr/share/ksc/bugzilla/apiversion.py
/usr/share/ksc/bugzilla/base.py
/usr/share/ksc/bugzilla/bug.py
/usr/share/ksc/bugzilla/bugzilla3.py
/usr/share/ksc/bugzilla/bugzilla4.py
/usr/share/ksc/bugzilla/oldclasses.py
/usr/share/ksc/bugzilla/rhbugzilla.py
/usr/share/ksc/bugzilla/transport.py
/usr/share/ksc/data
/usr/share/ksc/data/ksc.conf
/usr/share/ksc/ksc.py
/usr/share/ksc/utils.py
/usr/share/licenses/ksc
/usr/share/licenses/ksc/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ksc.1.gz

References

Summary

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