Upgrading Code Checkers

This section explains how you can add code checkers to your TICS installation. The default TICS installation comes with a set of code checkers pre-installed. Hence, if you installed TICS from scratch, you can skip this section.

If you want to upgrade an existing installation, or you want to add additional code checkers, you can follow the steps in this section.

There are two ways to upgrade code checkers: manually or through the TICS Installer.

TICS Installer

When using Windows, the easiest way to upgrade code checkers is to use the TICS Installer. In order to do this, run the TICS Installer until the Choose Components screen is reached. In this screen, choose the Multi Server (advanced) option and click Next.

The Choose Components step in the TICS installer showing a selection between the default and advanced installation options.

In the next screen, check the checkmark for TICS file server checkers and continue. It's highly recommended to also check the checkmark for TICS file server configuration, since this includes the rulesets that may be required for these new versions of the code checkers.

The Choose Components step in the TICS installer showing the options for the advanced installation option.

Complete the installation to finish the upgrade process.

Manual Installation

Manually upgrading code checkers can be done in cases where using the TICS Installer is not desirable or possible. Examples of this include:

• Upgrading on a non-Windows platforms
• Upgrading only a single code checker

Upgrading code checkers manually requires access to the TICS download site. This requires login information that can be obtained from TIOBE.

The TICS download site contains a list of code checkers, each with a download link to the latest version. It also contains rulesets and rule implementations that are not included with the checker (mostly applicable to C++test).

The TICS download site showing a selection of code checkers.

These components can all be installed to the TICS File Server. Before continuing, make sure to find the location of this folder. An example of such a location is C:\Program Files\TIOBE\TICS\FileServer.

When upgrading, make sure to replace the following components:

• Code checkers; these are located in the FileServer/chk directory.
• Rulesets; these are located in the FileServer/cfg directory or in a subdirectory 3.11 or 4.0 (depending on the TQI version that is used).
• Extra rule implementations; these are located in the FileServer/rules directory.

Failure to update all components may result in failing analyses or incomplete rulesets.