How To Install coccinelle on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install coccinelle on Debian 9. coccinelle is semantic patching tool for C

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install coccinelle on Debian 9.

What is coccinelle

coccinelle is:

Coccinelle is a program matching and transformation tool for C. The programmer describes the code to match and the transformation to perform as a semantic patch, which looks like a standard patch, but can transform multiple files at any number of code sites.

There are three methods to install coccinelle on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install coccinelle Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install coccinelle using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install coccinelle

Install coccinelle Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install coccinelle using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install coccinelle

Install coccinelle Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install coccinelle using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install coccinelle

How To Uninstall coccinelle on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove coccinelle

Uninstall coccinelle And Its Dependencies

To uninstall coccinelle and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove coccinelle

Remove coccinelle Configurations and Data

To remove coccinelle configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge coccinelle

Remove coccinelle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove coccinelle configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge coccinelle

Dependencies

coccinelle have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install coccinelle package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.