How to Install and Uninstall lintian Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "lintian" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install lintian on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                lintian
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "lintian" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall lintian on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lintian package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: lintian
Version: 2.15.0
Installed-Size: 4404
Maintainer: Debian Lintian Maintainers
Architecture: all
Replaces: funny-manpages (<< 1.3-5.1)
Depends: binutils, bzip2, diffstat, dpkg (>= 1.17.14), dpkg-dev, file, gettext, gpg, intltool-debian, libapt-pkg-perl, libarchive-zip-perl, libcapture-tiny-perl, libcgi-pm-perl, libclass-accessor-perl, libclone-perl, libdigest-sha-perl, libdpkg-perl, libemail-valid-perl, libfile-basedir-perl, libio-async-perl, libipc-run-perl, liblist-moreutils-perl, libparse-debianchangelog-perl, libpath-tiny-perl, libtext-levenshtein-perl, libtimedate-perl, libtry-tiny-perl, liburi-perl, libxml-simple-perl, libyaml-libyaml-perl, man-db, patchutils, perl, t1utils, xz-utils
Recommends: libperlio-gzip-perl
Suggests: binutils-multiarch, libhtml-parser-perl, libtext-template-perl
Breaks: funny-manpages (<< 1.3-5.1), pkg-perl-tools (<< 0.23)
Description: Debian package checker
Description-md5: f4699df15b78db1c6fe32af9fcf8681b
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://lintian.debian.org/
Tag: devel::debian, devel::packaging, devel::testing-qa,
implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::debian, use::checking,
works-with::software:package
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_2.15.0_all.deb
Size: 1181408
MD5sum: 636ddd3f8a7de56202a902120f8b6507
SHA256: d98de401cdbc137c4a19b35e688149c767818829d70b5f5a89c48aceb2a81767