Information about the package, cscope, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cscope package is designed for, C source code tree search and browse tool.
Package Name:
cscope
Summary:
C source code tree search and browse tool
Description:
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.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
15.6
Release:
7.el6
Size:
136 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the cscope package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install cscope
This command will install cscope on the server.
yum remove cscope
This command will un-install cscope on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cscope, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove cscope
This command will un-install cscope on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cscope when using the -y flag.
yum update cscope
This command will update cscope to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cscope, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update cscope
This command will update cscope to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove cscope when using the -y flag.
yum info cscope
This command will show you core information about the cscope package.
yum deplist cscope
This command will show you the dependencies for cscope. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update cscope
This command will check if there is an update waiting on cscope. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.