How To Install cproto on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install cproto in Fedora 36. cproto is Generates function prototypes and variable declarations from C code

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cproto on Fedora 36.

What is `cproto`

Cproto generates function prototypes and variable declarations from C source code. Cproto can also convert function definitions between the old style and the ANSI C style. This conversion will overwrite the original files, however, so be sure to make a backup copy of your original files in case something goes wrong. Cproto uses a Yacc generated parser, so it should not be confused by complex function definitions as much as other prototype generators.

We can use yum or dnf to install cproto on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cproto.

Install cproto on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install cproto

Install cproto on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install cproto

How To Uninstall cproto on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove cproto

cproto Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/cproto
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/dee744f4fb387f1e70c9b47d55140a994dabe6
/usr/share/doc/cproto
/usr/share/doc/cproto/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cproto/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/cproto/MANIFEST
/usr/share/doc/cproto/README
/usr/share/man/man1/cproto.1.gz

References

cproto website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cproto on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).