How To Install splint on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install splint on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is splint
splint is:
splint is an annotation-assisted lightweight static checker. It is a tool for statically checking C programs for security vulnerabilities and coding mistakes. If additional effort is invested in adding annotations to programs, splint can perform stronger checking.
splint does many of the traditional lint checks including unused declarations, type inconsistencies, use before definition, unreachable code, ignored return values, execution paths with no return, likely infinite loops, and fall through cases. Problems detected by Splint include:
- Dereferencing a possibly null pointer
- Using or returning storage that is undefined or not properly defined
- Type mismatches, with greater precision and flexibility than by C compilers
- Memory management errors like use of dangling references and memory leaks
- Inconsistent (with specified interface) global variable modification or use
- Problematic control flow such as likely infinite loops etc.
- Buffer overflow vulnerabilities
- Dangerous macro implementations or invocations
- Violations of customized naming conventions
There are three methods to install splint on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install splint Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install splint using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install splint
Install splint Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install splint using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install splint
Install splint Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install splint using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install splint
How To Uninstall splint on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the splint package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove splint
Uninstall splint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall splint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove splint
Remove splint Configurations and Data
To remove splint configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge splint
Remove splint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove splint configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge splint
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install splint package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
