How To Install cscope on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cscope on Rocky Linux 8. cscope is C source code tree search and browse tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cscope on Rocky Linux 8.

What is cscope

cscope is a mature, ncurses based, C source code tree browsing tool. It allows users to search large source code bases for variables, functions, macros, etc, as well as perform general regex and plain text searches. Results are returned in lists, from which the user can select individual matches for use in file editing.

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

Install cscope 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 cscope using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cscope

Install cscope 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 cscope using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cscope

How To Uninstall cscope on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove cscope

cscope Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/cscope
/usr/bin/cscope-indexer
/usr/bin/ocs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/3c261c0134e2012b7e252b8c9c1b2384cd162c
/usr/share/cscope
/usr/share/cscope/cctree.vim
/usr/share/cscope/xcscope.el
/usr/share/doc/cscope
/usr/share/doc/cscope/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cscope/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/cscope/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/cscope/README
/usr/share/doc/cscope/TODO
/usr/share/doc/cscope/cctree.txt
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/xcscope.el
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/xcscope.elc
/usr/share/man/man1/cscope.1.gz
/usr/share/xemacs/site-packages/lisp/xcscope.el
/usr/share/xemacs/site-packages/lisp/xcscope.elc
/var/lib/cs

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Summary

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