How To Install csdiff on CentOS 8

csdiff is Non-interactive tools for processing code scan results in plain-text

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install csdiff on CentOS 8.

What is csdiff

This package contains the csdiff tool for comparing code scan defect lists in order to find out added or fixed defects, and the csgrep utility for filtering defect lists using various filtering predicates.

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

Install csdiff 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 csdiff using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install csdiff

Install csdiff 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 csdiff using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install csdiff

How To Uninstall csdiff on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove csdiff

csdiff Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/csdiff
/usr/bin/csgrep
/usr/bin/cshtml
/usr/bin/cslinker
/usr/bin/cssort
/usr/bin/cstrans-df-run
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/686fb2633b6e3bf9f00d312c05f6c19c854243
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/f1143d9e91941c01f673509ac3b3b6f908be13
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/9bfe5be4337450084de500e6ba99b5dfd02436
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/5efa8406088cdd02fe2a145a89451f2f734c5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/802fcc4bc2747060b60d6d227293067684ac90
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5
/usr/lib/.build-id/e5/bf6d6b9d8097558e60438b0b59452ec1303f6e
/usr/share/csdiff
/usr/share/csdiff/cwe-names.csv
/usr/share/doc/csdiff
/usr/share/doc/csdiff/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/csdiff/README
/usr/share/man/man1/csdiff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/csgrep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cshtml.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cslinker.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cssort.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/cstrans-df-run.1.gz

References

Summary

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