Information about the package, sparse, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The sparse package is designed for, A semantic parser of source files.
Package Name:
sparse
Summary:
A semantic parser of source files
Description:
Sparse is a semantic parser of source files: it's neither a 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: create a semantic parse tree for some arbitrary 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.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.4.4
Release:
7.el6
Size:
156 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
OSL 1.1
Control the sparse package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install sparse
This command will install sparse on the server.
yum remove sparse
This command will un-install sparse on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sparse, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove sparse
This command will un-install sparse 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 sparse when using the -y flag.
yum update sparse
This command will update sparse to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove sparse, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update sparse
This command will update sparse 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 sparse when using the -y flag.
yum info sparse
This command will show you core information about the sparse package.
yum deplist sparse
This command will show you the dependencies for sparse. 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 sparse
This command will check if there is an update waiting on sparse. 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.