How To Install splint on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install splint in Fedora 36. splint is An implementation of the lint program

Introduction

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

What is splint

Splint is a tool for statically checking C programs for coding errors and security vulnerabilities. With minimal effort, Splint can be used as a better lint. If additional effort is invested adding annotations to programs, Splint can perform even stronger checks than can be done by any standard lint.

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

Install splint 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 splint using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install splint

Install splint 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 splint using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install splint

How To Uninstall splint on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove splint

splint Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/splint
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/6ebf69ba3c15f1a347fc1819c8b07b277b697d
/usr/share/doc/splint
/usr/share/doc/splint/README
/usr/share/doc/splint/manual.pdf
/usr/share/doc/splint/splintrc.demo
/usr/share/man/man1/splint.1.gz
/usr/share/splint
/usr/share/splint/imports
/usr/share/splint/imports/assert.lcl
/usr/share/splint/imports/assert.lcs
/usr/share/splint/imports/ctype.lcl
/usr/share/splint/imports/ctype.lcs
/usr/share/splint/imports/errno.lcl
/usr/share/splint/imports/errno.lcs
/usr/share/splint/imports/limits.lcl
/usr/share/splint/imports/limits.lcs
/usr/share/splint/imports/locale.lcl
/usr/share/splint/imports/locale.lcs
/usr/share/splint/imports/math.lcl
/usr/share/splint/imports/math.lcs
/usr/share/splint/imports/setjmp.lcl
/usr/share/splint/imports/setjmp.lcs
/usr/share/splint/imports/signal.lcl
/usr/share/splint/imports/signal.lcs
/usr/share/splint/imports/stdarg.lcl
/usr/share/splint/imports/stdarg.lcs
/usr/share/splint/imports/stdio.lcl
/usr/share/splint/imports/stdio.lcs
/usr/share/splint/imports/stdlib.lcl
/usr/share/splint/imports/stdlib.lcs
/usr/share/splint/imports/string.lcl
/usr/share/splint/imports/string.lcs
/usr/share/splint/imports/strings.lcl
/usr/share/splint/imports/strings.lcs
/usr/share/splint/imports/time.lcl
/usr/share/splint/imports/time.lcs
/usr/share/splint/lib
/usr/share/splint/lib/CTrait.syms
/usr/share/splint/lib/CTraitGen.lcl
/usr/share/splint/lib/bool.h
/usr/share/splint/lib/file.mts
/usr/share/splint/lib/file.xh
/usr/share/splint/lib/filerw.mts
/usr/share/splint/lib/filerw.xh
/usr/share/splint/lib/lclinit.lci
/usr/share/splint/lib/linux.h
/usr/share/splint/lib/lslinit.lsi
/usr/share/splint/lib/posix.h
/usr/share/splint/lib/posix.lcd
/usr/share/splint/lib/posixstrict.lcd
/usr/share/splint/lib/standard.h
/usr/share/splint/lib/standard.lcd
/usr/share/splint/lib/standardstrict.lcd
/usr/share/splint/lib/stdio.h
/usr/share/splint/lib/stdlib.h
/usr/share/splint/lib/tainted.mts
/usr/share/splint/lib/tainted.xh
/usr/share/splint/lib/unix.h
/usr/share/splint/lib/unix.lcd
/usr/share/splint/lib/unixstrict.lcd

References

Summary

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