How to Install and Uninstall sparse Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "sparse" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install sparse on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                sparse
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sparse" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall sparse on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
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3. Information about the sparse package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package sparse:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : sparse
Version : 0.6.4+20240203-1.1
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 1.2 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : sparse-0.6.4+20240203-1.1.src
Upstream URL : https://sparse.docs.kernel.org/
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.