How To Install clang-analyzer on CentOS 8

clang-analyzer is A source code analysis framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clang-analyzer on CentOS 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 CentOS 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 CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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 CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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 CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove clang-analyzer

clang-analyzer Package Contents on CentOS 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

References

Summary

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