Cppcheck not recognizing Command

Question

I got the following error on Ubuntu 16.04:

$ cppcheck --project=compile_commands.json 
cppcheck: error: unrecognized command line option: "--project=compile_commands.json".

I already tried reinstalling cppcheck. Does anyone know to what this error is related?

Anya Shenanigans · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-10 13:45:58Z

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cppcheck doesn't support the --project option on the version available by default on Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial). The version of cppcheck there is 1.72

If you wish to use the option --project then install a newer cppcheck.

It can be installed from the snap store (sudo snap install cppcheck).
It can be installed manually from cppcheck.net - download source, build locally
You can upgrade to ubuntu 18.04/20.04 and use the version from there.

edited Aug 10, 2020 at 13:45

answered Aug 10, 2020 at 13:38

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