Installing PVS-Studio Go analyzer (pvs-golang)

• Windows
• Linux
  • Installation from repositories
  • Manual installation
• macOS
  • Installation from Homebrew
  • Installer

Direct links to download the distributions are available on the download page.

Windows

To install pvs-golang, select Go analysis engine. On the installer page, you can also choose to install the GoLand plugin.

Linux

Installation from repositories

For debian-based systems

Before Debian 11 and Ubuntu 22.04:

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

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

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pvs-golang

Debian 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 and newer:

wget -qO- https://wcdn.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://wcdn.pvs-studio.com/etc/viva64.list

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pvs-golang

For yum-based systems:

wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/viva64.repo \ 
  https://wcdn.pvs-studio.com/etc/viva64.repo
yum update
yum install pvs-golang

For zypper-based systems:

wget -q -O /tmp/viva64.key \
  https://wcdn.pvs-studio.com/etc/pubkey.txt

sudo rpm --import /tmp/viva64.key
sudo zypper ar -f https://wcdn.pvs-studio.com/rpm viva64

sudo sed -i \
  's|enabled=1|enabled=1\ngpgkey=https://wcdn.pvs-studio.com/etc/pubkey.txt|' \
  /etc/zypp/repos.d/viva64.repo

sudo zypper refresh
sudo zypper install pvs-golang

Manual installation

To install, use the following command:

Deb package

sudo gdebi pvs-golang-VERSION.deb

or

sudo apt-get -f install pvs-golang-VERSION.deb

Rpm package

sudo dnf install pvs-golang-VERSION.rpm

or

sudo zypper install pvs-golang-VERSION.rpm

or

sudo yum install pvs-golang-VERSION.rpm

or

sudo rpm -i pvs-golang-VERSION.rpm

Archive

tar -xzf pvs-golang-VERSION.tar.gz
sudo ./install.sh

macOS

Installation from Homebrew

Installation commands:

brew install viva64/pvs-studio/pvs-golang

Update commands:

brew upgrade pvs-studio-golang

Installer

Run the .pkg file and follow the instructions. On the Installation Type page, click the Customize button and select the components you want to install.

Archive

To install from the archive, run:

unzip pvs-golang-VERSION.zip
sudo ./install.sh

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