How To Install pscan on CentOS 8

pscan is Limited problem scanner for C source files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pscan on CentOS 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 CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pscan.

Install pscan 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 pscan using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pscan

Install pscan 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 pscan using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pscan

How To Uninstall pscan on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove pscan

pscan Package Contents on CentOS 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

pscan website

Summary

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