Install lintian on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install lintian
Learn how to install lintian with the command sudo apt-get install lintian on Ubuntus.
Quick installation of lintian:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: lintian
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install lintian
Package Details | |
| Package: | lintian |
| Version: | 2.5.6ubuntu0.1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | |
| Description: | Debian package checker Lintian dissects Debian packages and reports bugs and policy violations. It contains automated checks for many aspects of Debian policy as well as some checks for common errors. . It uses an archive directory, called laboratory, in which it stores information about the packages it examines. It can keep this information between multiple invocations in order to avoid repeating expensive data-collection operations. This makes it possible to check the complete Debian archive for bugs, in a reasonable time. . This package is useful for all people who want to check Debian packages for compliance with Debian policy. Every Debian maintainer should check packages with this tool before uploading them to the archive. . This version of Lintian is calibrated for policy version 3.9.2. Multi-Arch: foreign |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | devel |
How to install lintian on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If lintian is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L lintian' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L lintian Package `lintian' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing lintian:
After system update use the following command to install lintian:
sudo apt-get install lintian
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove lintian from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the lintian from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the lintian following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove lintian
Following command is used to remove the lintian package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove lintian
This will remove lintian and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing lintian with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge lintian
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove lintian
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with lintian package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.