How To Install csmatch on Fedora 34

csmatch is A compiler wrapper that runs smatch in background

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install csmatch on Fedora 34.

What is csmatch

This package contains the csmatch compiler wrapper that runs the smatch analyzer in background fully transparently.

We can use yum or dnf to install csmatch on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install csmatch.

Install csmatch on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install csmatch using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install csmatch

Install csmatch on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install csmatch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install csmatch

How To Uninstall csmatch on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove csmatch

csmatch Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/csmatch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/9de97888f32cbc846b699857d10401174b3ff2
/usr/lib64/csmatch
/usr/lib64/csmatch/cc
/usr/lib64/csmatch/gcc
/usr/lib64/csmatch/x86_64-redhat-linux-gcc
/usr/share/doc/csmatch
/usr/share/doc/csmatch/COPYING
/usr/bin/csmatch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/a7e48136c3b008b5a9f269bd0492715e403354
/usr/lib64/csmatch
/usr/lib64/csmatch/cc
/usr/lib64/csmatch/gcc
/usr/lib64/csmatch/x86_64-redhat-linux-gcc
/usr/share/doc/csmatch
/usr/share/doc/csmatch/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install csmatch on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.