How To Install kscope on Fedora 34

kscope is QT front-end to Cscope QT front-end to Cscope

Introduction

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

What is `kscope`

KScope is a QT5 front-end to Cscope. It provides a source-editing environment for large C projects, such as the Linux kernel. KScope is by no means intended to be a replacement to any of the leading Linux/KDE IDEs, such as KDevelop. First of all, it is not an Integrated Development Environment cycle supported by most IDE’s. Instead, KScope is focused on source editing and analysis. kscope 1.9.4 34.20170716git98db2b4.fc34 x86_64 259 k kscope-1.9.4-34.20170716git98db2b4.fc34.src.rpm fedora QT front-end to Cscope https GPLv2+ KScope is a QT5 front-end to Cscope. It provides a source-editing environment for large C projects, such as the Linux kernel. KScope is by no means intended to be a replacement to any of the leading Linux/KDE IDEs, such as KDevelop. First of all, it is not an Integrated Development Environment cycle supported by most IDE’s. Instead, KScope is focused on source editing and analysis.

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

Install kscope 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 kscope using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kscope

Install kscope 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 kscope using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kscope

How To Uninstall kscope on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove kscope

kscope Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/kscopeapp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/dedcaf7e05484753030a8d6cfa796a978ddc90
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/cb936312a8602e529818d05adbc8061e9ebdfb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/317ca2d28f5df4b5203f2e274e59c77152d56d
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/9199613718f6f014e604cd4b08a0774f5f0f97
/usr/lib64/libkscope_core.so.1
/usr/lib64/libkscope_core.so.1.0
/usr/lib64/libkscope_core.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libkscope_cscope.so.1
/usr/lib64/libkscope_cscope.so.1.0
/usr/lib64/libkscope_cscope.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libkscope_editor.so.1
/usr/lib64/libkscope_editor.so.1.0
/usr/lib64/libkscope_editor.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/applications/kscope.desktop
/usr/share/doc/kscope
/usr/share/doc/kscope/COPYING
/usr/share/pixmaps/kscope.png
/usr/bin/kscopeapp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/dd9999384215c7056ba50c81e3ca5e8d52cf59
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/c605a38ed0a360f7dbb24b854180233e2c77a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/4a270a613c43612ea38f004a1cd8e9e61fb487
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/eb4ab4f7aefbe873a18d36e2b9f373253c6ff8
/usr/lib/libkscope_core.so.1
/usr/lib/libkscope_core.so.1.0
/usr/lib/libkscope_core.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libkscope_cscope.so.1
/usr/lib/libkscope_cscope.so.1.0
/usr/lib/libkscope_cscope.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libkscope_editor.so.1
/usr/lib/libkscope_editor.so.1.0
/usr/lib/libkscope_editor.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/applications/kscope.desktop
/usr/share/doc/kscope
/usr/share/doc/kscope/COPYING
/usr/share/pixmaps/kscope.png

References

[kscope website](https://github.com/chaoys/kscope https://github.com/chaoys/kscope)

Summary

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