How To Install cproto on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cproto on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cproto.
Install cproto on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install cproto using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cproto
Install cproto on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install cproto using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cproto
How To Uninstall cproto on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the cproto package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cproto
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cproto on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
