How do I install Cppcheck using the tar file on Linux?

Question

I'm trying to install Cppcheck via telnet on a Linux box. I have the cppcheck-1.67.tar file and I untar it. I don't see anything that will install it for me. Am I approaching this the correct way?

Answer 1

Actual on a date publication of this answer.

1. Download file from there https://sourceforge.net/projects/cppcheck/

2. Go to the folder with for downloads

   cd ~/Downloads/
   

3. Unpack archive

   tar -xvf cppcheck-1.76.1.tar.bz2
   

4. Go to unpacked folder

   cd cppcheck-1.76.1/
   

5. Install package as root

   sudo make install
   

6. Check up result

   $ which cppcheck
   /usr/bin/cppcheck
   

7. Testing it

   $ touch simple.c
   $ echo "int main(){ int a; a + 1; return 0}" > simple.c
   $ cppcheck simple.c
   Checking simple.c ...
   [simple.c:1]: (error) Uninitialized variable: a
   

This package also exists in a standard repository.

$ aptitude search cppcheck
p   cppcheck                      - tool for static C/C++ code analysis

Testing environment

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:    Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 8.6 (jessie)
Release:    8.6
Codename:    jessie
$ uname -a
Linux localhost 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.36-1+deb8u2 (2016-10-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Answer 2

The instructions are in the readme.txt file. The short answer is make install.

Remember never to install things from a tar file when you can use your distribution's package manager.