How To Install cscope on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
3 minutes • 435 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cscope on Ubuntu.
What is cscope
cscope is:
Cscope is an interactive text screen based source browsing tool. Although it is primarily designed to search C code (including lex and yacc files), it can also be used for C++ code.
Using cscope, you can easily search for where symbols are used and defined. Cscope is designed to answer questions like:
- Where is this variable used?
- What is the value of this preprocessor symbol?
- Where is this function in the source files?
- What functions call this function?
- What functions are called by this function?
- Where does the message “out of space” come from?
- Where is this source file in the directory structure?
- What files include this header file?
There are three methods to install cscope on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cscope Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cscope using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cscope
Install cscope Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cscope using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cscope
Install cscope 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 cscope using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cscope
How To Uninstall cscope on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the cscope package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cscope
Uninstall cscope And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cscope and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cscope
Remove cscope Configurations and Data
To remove cscope configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cscope
Remove cscope configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cscope configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cscope
Dependencies
cscope have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cscope package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.