cppcheck std.cfg not found error when std.cfg file is available - cppcheck

Question

If i launch my cppcheck i get following error:
cppcheck ListLib.c
(information) Failed to load std.cfg. Your Cppcheck installation is broken, please re-install. The Cppcheck binary was compiled with CFGDIR set to "/usr/bin/cfg" and will therefore search for std.cfg in that path.
System : opensuse13 ,cppcheck version: cppcheck-1.64 ,
compiled with : make SRCDIR=build CFGDIR=/usr/bin/cfg HAVE_RULES=yes
checking if file is there:
ls /usr/bin/cfg : gtk.cfg posix.cfg qt.cfg sdl.cfg std.cfg windows.cfg
whereis cfg:
cfg: /usr/bin/cfg
whereis std.cfg:
std: /usr/bin/cfg/std.cfg
cat std: /usr/bin/cfg/std.cfg gives me the output from that file
Stacktrace:
lstat("/home/.../ListLib.c", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=4568, ...}) = 0
stat("/home/.../ListLib.c", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=4568, ...}) = 0
open("std.cfg", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("cfg/std.cfg", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
write(2, "(information) Failed to load std"..., 213) = 213
write(2, "\n", 1) = 1
exit_group(1) = ?
+++ exited with 1 +++
changing to /usr/bin directory works:
Checking /.../ListLib.c
cppcheck --check-config ListLib.c:
gives the same error and works just fine if i do it in /usr/bin/
Okey for people landing on this page i got it working with the cfg files in my homefolder:
make SRCDIR=build CFGDIR=~/cppcheck_cfg and then offcourse
sudo make install

Answer 1

I faced the same problem too.
Solution:
$ make SRCDIR=build CFGDIR=/usr/share/cppcheck/
$ sudo make install CFGDIR=/usr/share/cppcheck/
Got suggestions from the cppcheck community members and came to know that 'make install' also requires the CFGDIR option to be passed.

Answer 2

make SRCDIR=build CFGDIR=/usr/bin/cfg HAVE_RULES=yes
make install CFGDIR=/usr/bin/cfg

Answer 3

I had same issue few days ago and solved by changing the way I run makefile on cppcheck.
I use Linux Red Hat version and cppcheck version is 1.65.
make SRCDIR=build CFGDIR=/home/###/####/cppcheck-1.65/cfg/ && make install
I didn't really dig into the detail but makefile of cppcheck look like they are clearing up obj and build cppcheck including cfg location by first make command
make SRCDIR=build CFGDIR=/home/###/####/cppcheck-1.65/cfg/ &&
and second make command would distribute cppcheck into /usr/bin/ location.
make install
Now all you have to do is to set up bash.

Answer 4

Check permissions, with file /usr/bin/cfg/std.cfg, to ensure you have permissions to access the config file that you think it should be trying to read.
Then, failing that, run cppcheck under strace to find the system call that's failing: strace -o /tmp/strace.out cppcheck ListLib.c.

Answer 5

I ran into the same problem running cppCheck GUI on a directory after compiling it on a Mac with Qt Creator and running the GUI version. I solved the problem by copying "std.cfg" into the application folder: Contents/MacOS
You have to right-click the cppcheck-gui application to access the contents. Its seems to be ok to put it beside the cppcheck-gui file in the same folder as that must be where it checks first. The "std.cfg" file can be found in the cfg folder.

Answer 6

As #prabhugs said, I will make more description.
In the source code of the github,cppcheck, It's recommended that the make syntax is:
$ make SRCDIR=build CFGDIR=cfg HAVE_RULES=yes CXXFLAGS="-O2 -DNDEBUG -Wall -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-function
where the "CFGDIR" option is a dirction that you can spicify. For example:
$ make SRCDIR=build CFGDIR=/usr/share/cppcheck HAVE_RULES=yes CXXFLAGS="-O2 -DNDEBUG -Wall -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-function
And then, you can use this sytax:
$ sudo make install CFGDIR=/usr/share/cppcheck/
after these step ibelieve you can enjoy the cppcheck.