How To Install sparse on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sparse on CentOS 7.
What is sparse
Sparse is a semantic parser of source files compiler (although it could be used as a front-end for one) nor is it a preprocessor (although it contains as a part of it a preprocessing phase). It is meant to be a small - and simple - library. Scanty and meager, and partly because of that easy to use. It has one mission in life user for further analysis. It’s not a tokenizer, nor is it some generic context-free parser. In fact, context (semantics) is what it’s all about - figuring out not just what the grouping of tokens are, but what the types are that the grouping implies. Sparse is primarily used in the development and debugging of the Linux kernel.
We can use yum or dnf to install sparse on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sparse.
Install sparse on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install sparse using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sparse
Install sparse 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 sparse using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sparse
How To Uninstall sparse on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the sparse package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sparse
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sparse on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
