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The original name of this program is "C++check" but it was later changed to "cppcheck".
Despite the name, Cppcheck is designed for both C and C++.
A manual is available online: https://cppcheck.sf.net/manual.pdf
Any C++ compiler should work.
To build the GUI, you need Qt.
When building the command line tool, PCRE is normally used. PCRE is optional.
There are multiple compilation choices:
- qmake - cross platform build tool
- Windows: Visual Studio
- Windows: Qt Creator + mingw
- gnu make
- g++
You can use the gui/gui.pro file to build the GUI.
cd gui
qmake
make
Use the cppcheck.sln file. The rules are normally enabled.
To compile with rules (pcre dependency):
- the pcre dll is needed. it can be downloaded from: https://cppcheck.sf.net/pcre-8.10-vs.zip
To compile without rules (no dependencies):
- remove the preprocessor define HAVE_RULES from the project
- remove the pcre.lib from the project
The PCRE dll is needed to build the CLI. It can be downloaded here: https://software-download.name/pcre-library-windows/
To build Cppcheck with rules (pcre dependency):
make HAVE_RULES=yes
To build Cppcheck without rules (no dependencies):
make
If you just want to build Cppcheck without dependencies then you can use this command:
g++ -o cppcheck -Ilib cli/*.cpp lib/*.cpp
If you want to use --rule and --rule-file then dependencies are needed:
g++ -o cppcheck -lpcre -DHAVE_RULES -Ilib -Iexternals cli/*.cpp lib/*.cpp externals/tinyxml/*.cpp
make LDFLAGS=-lshlwapi
sudo apt-get install mingw32
make CXX=i586-mingw32msvc-g++ LDFLAGS="-lshlwapi"
mv cppcheck cppcheck.exe