How To Install cppcheck-gui on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cppcheck-gui on Kali Linux.
What is cppcheck-gui
cppcheck-gui is:
Cppcheck is a command-line tool that tries to detect bugs that your C/C++ compiler doesn’t see. It is versatile, and can check non-standard code including various compiler extensions, inline assembly code, etc. Its internal preprocessor can handle includes, macros, and several preprocessor commands. While Cppcheck is highly configurable, you can start using it just by giving it a path to the source code.
It includes checks for:
- pointers to out-of-scope auto variables;
- assignment of auto variables to an effective parameter of a function;
- out-of-bounds errors in arrays and STL;
- missing class constructors;
- variables not initialized by a constructor;
- use of memset, memcpy, etcetera on a class;
- non-virtual destructors for base classes;
- operator= not returning a constant reference to itself;
- use of deprecated functions (mktemp, gets, scanf);
- exceptions thrown in destructors;
- memory leaks in class or function variables;
- C-style pointer cast in C++ code;
- redundant if;
- misuse of the strtol or sprintf functions;
- unsigned division or division by zero;
- unused functions and struct members;
- passing parameters by value;
- misuse of signed char variables;
- unusual pointer arithmetic (such as “abc” + ’d’);
- dereferenced null pointers;
- incomplete statements;
- misuse of iterators when iterating through a container;
- dereferencing of erased iterators;
- use of invalidated vector iterators/pointers
This package contains the graphical user interface for cppcheck.
There are three methods to install cppcheck-gui on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cppcheck-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cppcheck-gui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cppcheck-guiInstall cppcheck-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cppcheck-gui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cppcheck-guiInstall cppcheck-gui Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cppcheck-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cppcheck-guiHow To Uninstall cppcheck-gui on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cppcheck-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cppcheck-guiUninstall cppcheck-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cppcheck-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cppcheck-guiRemove cppcheck-gui Configurations and Data
To remove cppcheck-gui configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cppcheck-guiRemove cppcheck-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cppcheck-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cppcheck-guiDependencies
cppcheck-gui have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libpcre3
- libqt5charts5
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5help5
- libqt5printsupport5
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
- libtinyxml2-8
- libz3-4
- cppcheck
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cppcheck-gui package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
