How To Install splint on Debian 10

Learn how to install splint on Debian 10 with this tutorial. splint is tool for statically checking C programs for bugs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install splint on Debian 10.

What is splint

splint is:

splint is an annotation-assisted lightweight static checker. It is a tool for statically checking C programs for security vulnerabilities and coding mistakes. If additional effort is invested in adding annotations to programs, splint can perform stronger checking.

splint does many of the traditional lint checks including unused declarations, type inconsistencies, use before definition, unreachable code, ignored return values, execution paths with no return, likely infinite loops, and fall through cases. Problems detected by Splint include:

  • Dereferencing a possibly null pointer
  • Using or returning storage that is undefined or not properly defined
  • Type mismatches, with greater precision and flexibility than by C compilers
  • Memory management errors like use of dangling references and memory leaks
  • Inconsistent (with specified interface) global variable modification or use
  • Problematic control flow such as likely infinite loops etc.
  • Buffer overflow vulnerabilities
  • Dangerous macro implementations or invocations
  • Violations of customized naming conventions

There are three methods to install splint on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install splint Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install splint

Install splint Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install splint

Install splint 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 splint using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install splint

How To Uninstall splint on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove splint

Uninstall splint And Its Dependencies

To uninstall splint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove splint

Remove splint Configurations and Data

To remove splint configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge splint

Remove splint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge splint

Dependencies

splint have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install splint package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.