How To Install Pscan?

How To Install Pscan?

pscan

Format string security checker for C files

Maintainer: Uwe Hermann



Section: misc

Install pscan

  • Debian apt-get install pscan Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install pscan Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install pscan Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install pscan Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install pscan Click to copy

pscan

Format string security checker for C files

pscan is a program which scans C source files for common function abuses, which often lead to security problems. Functions which use variadic arguments will be flagged if they appear to contain user-controlled input. It is a useful tool for those performing source code audits.

pscan-tfbs

search for transcription factor binding sites

Pscan finds Over-represented Transcription Factor Binding Site Motifs in Sequences from Co-Regulated or Co-Expressed Genes. Pscan is a software tool that scans a set of sequences (e.g. promoters) from co-regulated or co-expressed genes with motifs describing the binding specificity of known transcription factors and assesses which motifs are significantly over- or under-represented, providing thus hints on which transcription factors could be common regulators of the genes studied, together with the location of their candidate binding sites in the sequences. Pscan does not resort to comparisons with orthologous sequences and experimental results show that it compares favorably to other tools for the same task in terms of false positive predictions and computation time. The website is free and open to all users and there is no login requirement.

Installing pscan command is simple. just copy one of the above commands for your operating system and paste it into terminal. This command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Kali, Fedora and Raspbian operating systems. Once you run the command it will install the latest version of pscan 2026 package in your OS.