How To Install clang-analyzer on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install clang-analyzer on Rocky Linux 8. clang-analyzer is A source code analysis framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clang-analyzer on Rocky Linux 8.

What is clang-analyzer

The Clang Static Analyzer consists of both a source code analysis framework and a standalone tool that finds bugs in C and Objective-C programs. The standalone tool is invoked from the command-line, and is intended to run in tandem with a build of a project or code base.

We can use yum or dnf to install clang-analyzer on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install clang-analyzer.

Install clang-analyzer on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install clang-analyzer

Install clang-analyzer on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install clang-analyzer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install clang-analyzer

How To Uninstall clang-analyzer on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the clang-analyzer package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove clang-analyzer

clang-analyzer Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/scan-build
/usr/bin/scan-view
/usr/libexec/c++-analyzer
/usr/libexec/ccc-analyzer
/usr/share/man/man1/scan-build.1.gz
/usr/share/scan-build
/usr/share/scan-build/scanview.css
/usr/share/scan-build/sorttable.js
/usr/share/scan-view
/usr/share/scan-view/FileRadar.scpt
/usr/share/scan-view/GetRadarVersion.scpt
/usr/share/scan-view/Reporter.py
/usr/share/scan-view/ScanView.py
/usr/share/scan-view/bugcatcher.ico
/usr/share/scan-view/startfile.py

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clang-analyzer on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.