How To Install pcodedmp on Fedora 34

pcodedmp is VBA p-code disassembler

Introduction

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

What is pcodedmp

Macros written in VBA (Visual Basic for Applications; the macro programming language used in Microsoft Office) exist in three different executable forms, each of which can be what is actually executed at run time, depending on the circumstances Since most of the time it is the p-code that determines what exactly a macro would do (even if neither source code, nor execodes are present), pcodedmp is a Python library and command line tool to display it.

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

Install pcodedmp 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 pcodedmp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcodedmp

Install pcodedmp 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 pcodedmp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcodedmp

How To Uninstall pcodedmp on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove pcodedmp

pcodedmp Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/pcodedmp

References

Summary

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