How To Install pscan on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pscan on Rocky Linux 8. pscan is Limited problem scanner for C source files

Introduction

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

What is pscan

PScan is a program which attempts to scan C source files for common function abuses, which often lead to buffer overflows.

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

Install pscan 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 pscan using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pscan

Install pscan 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 pscan using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pscan

How To Uninstall pscan on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pscan

pscan Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/pscan
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/b8/315898bfddbeabb80c1eb42e8f12cba26b5172
/usr/share/doc/pscan
/usr/share/doc/pscan/README
/usr/share/doc/pscan/changelog
/usr/share/doc/pscan/find_formats.sh
/usr/share/doc/pscan/stackguard.txt
/usr/share/doc/pscan/test.c
/usr/share/doc/pscan/wu-ftpd.pscan
/usr/share/licenses/pscan
/usr/share/licenses/pscan/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/pscan.1.gz

References

Summary

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