How To Install csmatch on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install csmatch on Rocky Linux 8. csmatch is A compiler wrapper that runs smatch in background

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install csmatch on Rocky Linux 8.

What is csmatch

This package contains the csmatch compiler wrapper that runs the smatch analyzer in background fully transparently.

We can use yum or dnf to install csmatch on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install csmatch.

Install csmatch on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install csmatch

Install csmatch on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install csmatch

How To Uninstall csmatch on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove csmatch

csmatch Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/csmatch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/0f915d56f0e9dab85192444d37a863d06ef948
/usr/lib64/csmatch
/usr/lib64/csmatch/cc
/usr/lib64/csmatch/gcc
/usr/lib64/csmatch/x86_64-redhat-linux-gcc
/usr/share/doc/csmatch
/usr/share/doc/csmatch/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install csmatch on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.