How to Install and Uninstall flawfinder Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "flawfinder" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install flawfinder on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                flawfinder
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "flawfinder" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall flawfinder on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                flawfinder
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the flawfinder package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: flawfinder
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 175
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Peña
Architecture: all
Version: 1.31-1
Depends: python
Filename: pool/universe/f/flawfinder/flawfinder_1.31-1_all.deb
Size: 50148
MD5sum: 9a9747f1f04a077f297506bf93ad2c41
SHA1: 40b1c38d6c3f938836145cc6d9999e92d6ab6410
SHA256: 300bfb3f2daf7a41a1f660027ec7bc9db81858f05176c140c537baa8c64664b3
Description-en: examines source code and looks for security weaknesses
Flawfinder searches through C/C++ source code looking for potential
security flaws and produces a report describing the potential flaws
found in source code, ranking them by likely severity.
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Like RATS, Flawfinder reports are not a direct indication of a
vulnerability, but provide a reasonable starting point for performing manual
security audits in source code.
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Flawfinder can also generate differential reports by pointing it to
a patch (diff) file describing the code changes. This way it can be used
to determine if the potential flaws found in code have increased or
decreased after a commit to a source code management system like
CVS or Subversion.
Description-md5: ed876d319635944119725ff09befb5f2
Homepage: http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu