Installing and updating PVS-Studio on Linux

• Install from repositories
  • For debian-based systems:
  • For yum-based systems:
  • For zypper-based systems:
• Manual installation
  • Deb package
  • Rpm package
  • Archive
• Running the analyzer

PVS-Studio is distributed as Deb/Rpm packages or an archive. Using the installation from the repository, you will be able to receive updates about the release of a new version of the program.

The distribution kit includes the following files:

• pvs-studio - the kernel of the analyzer;
• pvs-studio-analyzer - a utility for checking projects without integration;
• plog-converter - a utility for converting the analyzer report to different formats;

You can install the analyzer using the following methods:

Install from repositories

For debian-based systems:

Until Debian 11 and Ubuntu 22.04:

wget -q -O - https://cdn.pvs-studio.com/etc/pubkey.txt | \
  sudo apt-key add -

sudo wget -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/viva64.list \
  https://cdn.pvs-studio.com/etc/viva64.list

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pvs-studio

After Debian 11 and Ubuntu 22.04:

wget -qO- https://cdn.pvs-studio.com/etc/pubkey.txt | \
  sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/viva64.gpg

sudo wget -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/viva64.list \
  https://cdn.pvs-studio.com/etc/viva64.list

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pvs-studio

For yum-based systems:

wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/viva64.repo \
  https://cdn.pvs-studio.com/etc/viva64.repo

yum update
yum install pvs-studio

For zypper-based systems:

wget -q -O /tmp/viva64.key https://cdn.pvs-studio.com/etc/pubkey.txt
sudo rpm --import /tmp/viva64.key
sudo zypper ar -f https://cdn.pvs-studio.com/rpm viva64
sudo zypper update
sudo zypper install pvs-studio

Manual installation

You can download PVS-Studio for Linux here.

You also need to install the strace utility 4.11 or later for compilation tracing mode to work.

Deb package

sudo gdebi pvs-studio-VERSION.deb

or

sudo dpkg -i pvs-studio-VERSION.deb
sudo apt-get -f install

Rpm package

$ sudo dnf install pvs-studio-VERSION.rpm

or

sudo zypper install pvs-studio-VERSION.rpm

or

sudo yum install pvs-studio-VERSION.rpm

or

sudo rpm -i pvs-studio-VERSION.rpm

Archive

tar -xzf pvs-studio-VERSION.tgz
sudo ./install.sh

Running the analyzer

After a successful analyzer installation on your computer, to check a project follow the instructions on this page: "How to run PVS-Studio on Linux".