How To Install cscope on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cscope on CentOS 7. cscope is C source code tree search and browse tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cscope on CentOS 7.

What is cscope

cscope is a mature, ncurses based, C source code tree browsing tool. It allows users to search large source code bases for variables, functions, macros, etc, as well as perform general regex and plain text searches. Results are returned in lists, from which the user can select individual matches for use in file editing.

We can use yum or dnf to install cscope on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cscope.

Install cscope on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install cscope

Install cscope 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 cscope using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cscope

How To Uninstall cscope on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove cscope

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cscope on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.